Updated Gateway Database Encourages �ֻ�ֱ�� Energy Investment

Users of the �ֻ�ֱ�� Energy Data Gateway will notice some exciting changes when they visit the .

A redesign of the online database through a partnership between ACEP, University of �ֻ�ֱ�� Anchorage Institute of Social and Economic Research, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has made the tool easier to navigate and includes a new .

The database has been expanded to include new information about fuel surveys, energy prices, municipal tax records, vocational training, state community aid and the local workforce. The data was collected from a variety of state agencies and the UAF Cooperative Extension Service.

This project is part of the �ֻ�ֱ�� Microgrid Partnership — a consortium of local and national stakeholders created to help �ֻ�ֱ��’s remote communities use less imported fuel and make their energy systems more reliable, cost-effective and resilient. This upgrade to the �ֻ�ֱ�� Energy Data Gateway was made possible by funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Modernization Initiative.

For more information on the �ֻ�ֱ�� Energy Gateway, contact Erin Whitney, 907-799-6724, erin.whitney@alaska.edu.

Photo: Screenshot of the new �ֻ�ֱ�� Energy Data Gateway website.