A back-of-the-envelope look at how PCE and renewables interact in rural ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥

Wind turbines outside of Nome, ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥.
Photo by Amanda Byrd/ACEP.
Wind turbines outside of Nome, ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥.

July 11, 2024

This is an excerpt of a story from ACEP’s blog From the Grid: Dispatches from ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥â€™s Energy Sector.

By Michelle Wilber, Steve Colt and Shivani Bhagat 

Across the circumpolar North, interest is growing in the creation of independent power producers, or IPPs, to own and operate renewable power systems. This new IPP ownership model and the integration of renewables more broadly raise some interesting questions for ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s Power Cost Equalization program.

Read the fully story.