by Ben Boettger | Apr 24, 2025 | Energy & Alaska, Renewable Energy
Thanks to our high latitude and the tilt of the Earth, Alaska has summer days when the sun barely sets and winters when it barely rises. As daylight stretches out, home solar owners are now entering their most productive time of the year. At the peak of summer, some...
by Loren Barrett | Apr 1, 2025 | Government, Alaska State Legislature, Energy & Alaska
As the state of Alaska stares down a projected $536 million deficit over the next two fiscal years, legislators are scrambling for solutions to avoid yet another budget crisis. Among the clearest and most straightforward answers on the table is Senate Bill 92 (SB 92),...
by Ben Boettger | Mar 27, 2025 | Homer Electric Association, Energy & Alaska, Renewable Energy
As members of electric co-ops, we have extraordinary power to shape our energy system. As Alaskans, we have extraordinary reasons to elect better leadership: complacent co-op directors are sleepwalking us into a costly and stagnant future. Between next month and April...
by Ben Boettger | Mar 8, 2025 | Homer Electric Association, Energy & Alaska
One month from now, on March 28, everyone who pays an electric bill on the western Kenai Peninsula will get their ballots to elect leaders for the Homer Electric Association (HEA). You will hold in your hands (or on your phone/computer, if you vote online) a chance to...
by Ben Boettger | Feb 26, 2025 | AK LNG, Energy & Alaska, Government
On Thursday, Feb. 27, tell the Senate Finance committee to invest state dollars in real value for Alaskans instead of the gasline mirage. Senate Finance will take public testimony on the budget from Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Valley, and Kenai Peninsula at 1 p.m....
by Ben Boettger | Jan 23, 2025 | Homer Electric Association, Energy & Alaska
The Missed Milestone for Homer Electric Association — Ben Boettger 2025 would have been a milestone for Homer Electric Association. Under the renewable energy goal that HEA’s directors set four years ago, it aimed to be 50% renewable by this December. Meeting...
