by alaskabusiness | Jan 8, 2020 | Monitor
All six Railbelt utilities have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to move forward with an organization to work more closely together to manage Alaska’s largest interconnected grid. The signatory utilities include Anchorage Municipal Light and Power and Chugach Electric Association in Anchorage; Golden Valley Electric Association in Fairbanks; Homer Electric Association; Matanuska Electric Association in the Mat-Su Valley and Eagle River; and Seward Electric.
by Larry Persily | Jan 8, 2020 | Monitor
With an additional 2,000 pages of charts, data, maps, and explanations, the state-led Alaska LNG team finished out 2019 by answering the last batch of questions from federal regulators for the project’s final environmental impact statement.
by alaskabusiness | Jan 8, 2020 | Monitor
True to the entrepreneurial spirit and American dream, small businesses persevered in the 2010s despite the decade’s humble beginnings.. One local story that comes to mind when I think of the perseverance of small businesses during the 2010s is The Santa Claus House in North Pole.
by alaskabusiness | Jan 2, 2020 | Monitor
The area of responsibility for US Coast Guard Sector Anchorage is by far the largest and most remote of any Coast Guard sector in the nation. Captain Sean MacKenzie, sector commander, exercises authority in a jurisdiction extending throughout Western Alaska to the North Slope, and from the Aleutian Islands through Prince William Sound—an area that covers approximately 5.3 million square miles and more than 35,000 miles of shoreline.
by alaskabusiness | Jan 2, 2020 | Monitor
The National Park Service is actively working on options to improve the resiliency of Denali Park Road or possibly reroute a portion of the road at Pretty Rocks Landslide for the 2020 season. The 92-mile Denali Park Road is the main access route for visitors to Denali National Park. There is no other road access within the park.
by Mouchine Guettabi | Jan 2, 2020 | Monitor
Alaska’s labor force participation rate (LFPR)—share of people sixteen years or older either employed or looking for a job—was 73.5 percent in 1999 but has experienced a steady decline since then, reaching 65 percent as of 2018.
