by Ben Boettger | Oct 22, 2025 | Energy & Alaska, Homer Electric Association, Renewable Energy
The Big Beautiful Bill, passed in early July with the approval of all of Alaska’s federal congressional delegation, ends tax credits that could have paid for up to 40% of the cost of all wind and solar projects in Alaska until 2033. Now, projects will need to...
by Ben Boettger | Aug 20, 2025 | Energy & Alaska, Homer Electric Association, Renewable Energy
A year ago, the developers of the planned Puppy Dog lake solar farm in Nikiski signed a contract to sell solar power to Homer Electric Association (HEA) for less than the current cost of HEA’s gas-generated power. The solar project was planned to meet about 12%...
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 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 | Dec 18, 2024 | Oil & Gas, Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Renewable Energy
Our Modern Lives Demand Energy – So We Must Demand Energy We Can Live With — Ben Boettger For about 60 years, natural gas extracted in and around Cook Inlet has provided most of our heat and nearly all our electricity. The gasoline in our cars and planes is produced...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Nov 27, 2024 | Renewable Energy, Energy & Alaska, Homer Electric Association
Heat Pump 101 Wow, how gratifying it is when our community shows up! We unexpectedly filled both virtual and physical rooms with last week’s Heat Pump 101 event in numbers greater than we’ve seen since precovid. If you were not one of the ~130 people in attendance...
