2024年7月18日 · The Railbelt is a collection of utility companies that serve to provide energy and power to 75% of Alaska's population. Its name comes from its adjacent position to the Alaskan railroad.

Serve the public interest and provide the greatest long-term value to the Railbelt by working collaboratively and transparently to establish and uphold protocols that sustainably balance safety, reliability, cost, and environmental responsibility.

Opportunities and challenges in the Railbelt Region differ from those in other parts of Alaska. The Railbelt electrical grid is defined as the service areas of six regulated public utilities that extend from Fairbanks to Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula.

The Alaska Intertie consists of transmission towers and conductors, transformers at the Healy, Teeland, and Douglas Substations, and system stability devices at three locations that are necessary to allow the Railbelt utilities to remain interconnected.

2024年3月13日 · Bradley Lake is Alaska’s largest source of renewable energy. Energized in 1991, the project is situated 27‐air miles northeast of Homer on the Kenai Peninsula. The 120 MW facility provides low-cost energy to 550,000+ members on the Railbelt.

2023年6月27日 · The five Railbelt Electric Utilities, and the Alaska Energy Authority, are pursuing funding from the State of Alaska, supplemented by Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), other Federal programs, and traditional utility

Reforming Alaska’s Railbelt electric grid. Since 2014, REAP has been advocating for the creation of a new regional organization to unite all six Railbelt utilities. On March 20, 2020 the Alaska Legislature finally passed a bill to ensure that an Electric Reliability Organization, or …

2023年3月31日 · Today, Alaska has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to capture federal infrastructure dollars and stabilize Alaska’s aging Railbelt electrical grid, bringing it up to modern standards.

2024年11月7日 · Investment in local energy projects can help stabilize energy prices, improve energy security, and foster local economic growth. Alaska’s Railbelt electrical grid—which serves about 75% of the state’s population—is facing an imminent energy challenge due to declining natural gas reserves in Cook Inlet.

What is the Railbelt Region? The interconnected Railbelt BES serves the geographic area of Alaska extending from the communities of Fairbanks and Delta Junction in the north; south to Homer and Seldovia; west to Tyonek; and east to Glacier View, Seward, and Whittier containing the service territories of GVEA, MEA, CEA, HEA, and the SES.