In this issue, we discuss some of our highest priority bills to watch in the AK legislature this session, both the good and the bad, and give you some updates on where they're headed and how to get involved. We also discuss GVEA's recent rate hike and decision to amend their Strategic Generation Plan. Finally, get the lowdown on the upcoming GVEA elections, and how you can get involved!

Learn more about GVEA's recent decision on supporting a statewide Renewable Portfolio Standard, the natural gas spill in the Arctic and what it has to do with the Hilcorp court case we've been following, and how you can take action to get the energy legislation we need for our state.

In this last energy update of the year, we give a rundown of the recommendations made under Dunleavy’s Alaska Energy Security Task Force, and look ahead to some of the exciting climate legislation that will come up in the next state legislature session. We also take a look at Alaska’s role in the Fifth National Climate Assessment, and ways to learn more and get involved in upcoming legislative issues in the new year.

In this month’s energy newsletter, we’ll be talking about the action that we need at all levels of leadership for a just transition, and how those levels affect each other. Our work locally is part of a massive web of action stretching across the state, the country, and the world. That net is so powerful, and so necessary, to enact the kind of change we need. Each level of change is inextricably linked to the next - when we create change at the local level, that has untold effects rippling out across the rest of the web, and vice versa.

As we work for the fossil fuel free future we need, it’s important to stay grounded in the reality of what this change really looks like on the ground. In this issue of our energy newsletter, we’ll look at our reality - including where our local energy utilities are currently at in their transparency and openness to member input, a study to assess different real-world scenarios for lowering carbon emissions in the state, and lastly, we’ll look at the LNG false promises being made by our government, and assessing them in the context of our actual global energy market.

In this month’s energy newsletter, we’ll be talking about GVEA and what we can do to hold them accountable to their renewable energy goals.

In this issue of FCAC’s Energy Update Newsletter, we’ll be talking about accountability. What does it look like to hold our leaders accountable to their energy promises, or to basic standards of transparency? How can we, as Alaskan residents, exercise our power to demand that our leaders hold up their end of the bargain?

In this issue of FCAC’s Energy Update Newsletter, we’ll be talking about real solutions vs. false solutions. We use the term “false solutions” to encompass anything that is put forward as a solution to the climate crisis, that is, for one reason or another, not actually a solution to the climate crisis.

This is for those who are interested in learning more about energy happenings in the state, but are having a hard time keeping track of all the players and moving pieces! Luckily, we’ve got people for that, and we want to make sure you’re in the loop.