This week, the Department of the Interior took a bold step to unleash Alaska’s extraordinary resource potential, setting the stage for a new era of energy dominance, job creation, and long-term prosperity. Under the leadership of Secretary Doug Burgum and the direction of President executive order, Interior announced new actions to expand leasing opportunities and clear key infrastructure hurdles for Alaska’s energy economy.   This includes reopening up to 82% of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) for exploration, reinstating a leasing program for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and revoking outdated land withdrawals to advance the Ambler…

President Trump wasted no time getting to work after his inauguration. He signed a flurry of executive orders with a handful about our nation’s energy sector. One was Alaska-specific. The Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential was signed by President Trump just hours after he took office, and it shows his commitment to America’s energy sector and Alaska. The order will boost Alaska’s economy by reversing overreaching environmental protections that held back multiple energy projects.   Anchorage Daily News reports, “The order was one of dozens signed by Trump following his inauguration Monday. Another order signed earlier in the day reversed executive actions taken by former President…

Last month, China announced it would begin banning the export of rare earth minerals to the United States. These rare earth minerals are essential for our way of life and the only way to continue technological advances. This is a position we should never be in, dependent on China. As we pointed out in our report Where Green Meets Red: How the Environmental Agenda is Making America Dependent on China America has an over-reliance on foreign sources and adversarial nations for critical minerals and materials. Fortunately, our 49th state has an abundance of these minerals.

Alaska’s congressional race reached its conclusion last night, with conservative Nick Begich clinching a victory for the state’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. This win marks a significant shift for Alaska as it embraces a leader who prioritizes American energy independence and the economic empowerment of energy workers. Fox News reports, “Conservative Republican Nick Begich has won a tight race for Alaska’s lone seat in the House of Representatives, according to the Associated Press. Begich defeated his main rival, Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, the first Native Alaskan in Congress, and one of only five House Democrats currently representing a district…

Part of Power The Future’s mission is to expose the outright lunacy of the eco-left.  As early voting gets underway across Alaska, it is important to note that energy is on the ballot in 2024, and that candidates’ endorsements matter to the future of the state. While Power The Future – as a 501(c)4 – doesn’t endorse candidates, we certainly take note of which other organizations do.  What those organizations’ missions and priorities say about their endorsed candidates drives their ongoing mission to move Alaska away from reliable, affordable energy and into risky, higher-cost options. In the case of the…

Alaska’s Governor Michael J. Dunleavy seemed to have an easy choice when it came to reauthorizing or rejecting a proposed fish and wildlife agreement for the Eklutna Hydro energy and water distribution system just outside of Anchorage.  In the end, he made the right choice. His options? Choose to accept the five-year scientific process that the owners of the hydro project undertook to meet the qualifications of the original 1991 agreement.  By doing so, he’d enhance fish habitat, preserve some of the least-expensive power in the state, and secure 90% of Anchorage’s fresh water supply for the next 35 years….

Make no mistake, the future of the Last Frontier is on the ballot on November 5th. With a Presidential election, a race for Alaska’s lone Congressional seat, 40 state House and 10 state Senate seats in play, and two ballot measures being decided, the general election ballot will be jam-packed when voters go to the polls. And with in-person early voting opening October 21st, candidates and campaigns will fill the airwaves, stuff mailboxes and inundate online sites with messaging these next three weeks. As we’ve said all along, energy is on the ballot, and with energy touching every facet of…

The Alaska Energy Authority’s mission statement declares its role is to reduce the cost of energy to Alaskans, and “strive to diversify Alaska’s energy portfolio – increasing resiliency, reliability and redundancy.” The AEA has taken in almost half a billion dollars in federal funding from recent legislation, including the Inflation Reduction Act.  Some of those dollars are being used to build solar and wind installations in rural Alaska. While a few of the projects make sense and help lower energy costs for villages and their residents, many are never going to return the start-up costs in their project lifecycles. AEA…