Assembly Retreat on Energy and Infrastructure

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Grounded in the Municipality's Climate Action Plan (2018), Assembly Leadership will host  experts and policy makers in a convening to envision the Municipality's energy future in the context of the Cook Inlet Gas shortage and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal.

This business retreat is organized by Assembly Legislative Services in partnership with Municipal Policy Director Nolan Klouda. An optional networking opportunity at King St. Brewing will follow. ​

Meeting Agenda​​

1. ​​Cook Inlet Energy Overview presented by Mayor Peter​ Micciche 
   
2. Anchorage's Energy Future: Lay of the Land
3. MOA as a Power Consumer: Sessions 1 and 2​ 
4. MOA as a Partner in Community Energy Resilience​​

• Anchorage Hydropower Handout
  
• Launch Alaska Handout
  

• Anchorage Climate Action Plan
  The Anchorage Climate Action Plan is a strategic framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to the impacts of climate change. Cities utilize climate action plans as roadmaps for achieving emissions reductions and improving community resilience.
• Veterans of Alaska's oil industry look to blaze a renewable energy pathway in the state 
  by Hal Bernton. Published October 7, 2024, Anchorage Daily News.
• How Alaska regulators ignored a gas conservation scheme
  by Nathaniel Herz. Published October 1, 2024, Northern Journal.
• Natural gas crunch increasing demand for a traditional fuel— coal
  by James Brooks. Published September 24, 2024, Alaska Beacon.​
• ADN Politics podcast: How serious is Alaska's natural gas crisis, really?
  Published February 9, 2024 by Anchorage Daily News.
• Talk of Alaska: Cook Inlet gas production & railbelt energy
  Broadcast March 26, 2024 by Alaska Public Media.
• Alaska scientists and policymakers look to hydrogen as power source of the future.​ 
  by Yereth Rosen. Published November 15, 2024, Alaska Beacon. ​​

Watch meeting here: Assembly Retreat on Energy & Infrastructure​

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