Chris Rose
34:24 - 34:39
“we don't have a Department of Energy. We call ourselves an energy state, but Alaska doesn't have an energy division. We've got an Alaska Energy Authority that doesn't really have a lot of policymaking horsepower.”
- Speaker
- Chris Rose
- Timestamp
- 34:24 – 34:39
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 23, 2026
From the transcript
So I think We really need to consider looking at what other folks are doing around the world, just as they have looked at what Alaska has been doing and taken inspiration from some of our microgrids, but in particular emphasis on, on the rail belt and what it can do to support the rest of the state. We need to have competition. We need to have the state put some effort into administering this, and we don't have a Department of Energy. We call ourselves an energy state, but Alaska doesn't have an energy division. We've got an Alaska Energy Authority that doesn't really have a lot of policymaking horsepower.
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