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.
