Alaska utilities plan $200M investment in grid to boost renewable power, increase reliability

Alaska utilities plan $200M investment in grid to boost renewable power, increase reliability

May 26, 2022

Five electric utilities in Alaska will invest more than $200 million to upgrade the transmission system from Homer to Fairbanks, in a step they say could boost renewable power opportunities in the state.

The improvements will allow more power to flow along the decades-old transmission system along the Alaska Railbelt, said Curtis Thayer, head of the Alaska Energy Authority, a state agency involved in the project.

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