OPINION: Clean energy is critical to helping solve Alaska’s natural gas crisis

It is critical that we do not waste time or funding investing in an energy source that is being phased out as we move forward.

Updated: 1 minute agoThe 8.5-megawatt Houston Solar Farm, photographed on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, is comprised of 14,000 solar panels and sits on land that was burned during the devastating 1996 Miller's Reach Fire. When the project comes online it will double the solar output in Alaska.

As Erin McKittrick pointed out in her June 13 letter, energy supply is primarily the responsibility of the utility providers in Alaska, not the Legislature. At the utility level, we need to diversify the energy supply to delay the need for imported gas, and reduce the total amount needed. Our largest electrical supplier in the state, Chugach Electric Association , has been planning for the future.

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