1. RELIABLE, & AFFORDABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS
Alaska Energy Authority Intro
SAFE,
RELIABLE, & AFFORDABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS
Katie Conway
External Affairs Director
Alaska Energy Authority
BIA Providers Conference
November 28, 2018
REDUCING THE COST OF ENERGY IN ALASKA

2. AEA’s mission is to reduce the cost of energy in Alaska
SAFE,
RELIABLE, & AFFORDABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS
AEA’s mission is to reduce the cost of energy in Alaska
AEA is charged with a mammoth task: to help Alaska communities develop, finance, operate and maintain energy infrastructure for improved safety, reliability and affordability of consumer energy (so called to differentiated electricity and heat from the state’s extractive energy sector)
Our mission is to reduce the cost of energy in Alaska. Our work includes programs and initiatives that identify and implement energy solutions that meet the discrete needs of Alaska’s many communities. We are the state of Alaska’s energy policy and planning lead, and we are a funding conduit for both state and federal dollars. We provide soup to nuts technical assistance, helping communities and utilities select, design, construct, pay for, and operate projects over the long term for maximum economic life of energy infrastructure.

3. AEA takes a community-centered approach with:
Technical assistance
Energy planning
Resource assessment
Project identification
Funding
Training
O&M
AEA manages a huge, broad portfolio of work ranging from the state’s renewable energy grant fund program, through which the state has invested nearly $260 million since 2008, to owning generation and transmission assets within the state’s populous corridor, to community and regional energy planning, funding and financing tools, and every type of technical assistance you can imagine related to community power and heat.
Perryville, AK

4. AEA works with communities to provide safe, reliable and affordable energy solutions.
There isn’t a utility in the state that AEA hasn’t touched in some way
AEA programs and projects are in nearly every community
Our staff have first hand knowledge of your power system and infrastructure
AEA is a resource that communities can use to develop good projects

5. First… a few things we all know

6. Rural AK pays a high cost of energy
Venetie, AK (energy prices from 1/5/17)

7. Diesel is primary power in 90% of rural Alaska
Shaktoolik, AK

8. Integrating renewables is complicated

9. AEA’s dedicated team of engineers, economists, project managers, loan officers and planners are available to assist Alaska’s cities, boroughs, utilities, tribal entities, schools and private businesses navigate the complexities of energy projects across the project lifespan, from initial conceptualization to implementation and long-term maintenance. Working closely with other state and federal entities, AEA provides project development, finance and general trouble-shooting technical assistance related to:
· Bulk fuel storage
· Power-house efficiency
· Power Cost Equalization (PCE)
· Utility management & training
· Renewable energy development
· Energy use analysis, tracking, & reporting
· Community and regional energy planning
· Building efficiency
· Project management
· Permitting assistance
· Multi-agency coordination
· Operations & maintenance analysis
· Generation, transmission & distribution
· Resource assessment & feasibility studies

10. AEA can help you with: Bulk fuel storage Building efficiency
Powerhouse efficiency
Project management
Power cost equalization (PCE)
Permitting assistance
Utility management & training
Multi-agency coordination
Electrical emergency assistance
Operations & maintenance analysis
Renewable energy development
Generation, transmission, & distribution
Energy use analysis, tracking & reporting
Resource assessment & feasibility studies
Community and regional energy planning

11. AEA Staff at BIA Providers this week:
Devany Plentovich, AEEE Program Manager
Bryan Carey, Hydro Group Manager
Hydropower in Alaska
Biomass
Jeff Williams, PCE Program Manager
Dan Smith, Assistant Project Manager (Renewables)
Power Cost Equalization
Betsy McGregor, Project Development & Community Assistance Manager
Combined Heat and Power
Alan Fetters, Rural Assistance Manager
VW Settlement
Diesel powerhouses
Neil McMahon, Planning Manager
Josh Craft, Wind & EETF Programs Manager
Optimizing utilities
Wind energy, picking the right project
Cady Lister, Deputy Director & Chief Economist
Solar Energy, Rural Power System Upgrade program changes

12. ALASKA ENERGY AUTHORITY
SAFE,
RELIABLE, & AFFORDABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS
ALASKA ENERGY AUTHORITY
813 West Northern Lights Blvd. Anchorage, Alaska Phone: (907)     Fax: (907) Toll Free