Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference Workshop: The Business of Alaska Rural Energy

Photo Credit: Alaska Center for Energy and Power and Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference

As a follow-up to the governor’s Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference, the Alaska Center for Energy and Power and Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference are hosting free quarterly virtual workshops to sustain connections, strengthen relationships, and share knowledge among the energy-focused community. An August workshop discussed lessons in transmission planning.

The October workshop is entitled The Business of Alaska Rural Energy: Project Development and Operational Sustainability. More than 200 Alaska villages rely on isolated power systems and bulk fuel storage facilities as critical infrastructure for heat, electricity, and transportation. Rural energy systems face escalating burdens from aging equipment, high capital costs, limited local resources, and shrinking public funding—including more than $1.5 billion in deferred maintenance. As a result, the gap between community needs and available resources continues to widen. This workshop will explore solutions to close that gap—examining new approaches to financing projects, ensuring safe and reliable energy delivery, and strengthening local and regional capacity to support long-term community energy security.

The workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day over two days. Look for future workshops in January and April 2026.