The Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) was awarded a $517,051.64 Project Grant from the Denali Commission under the Denali Commission Program (CFDA 90.100) to conduct a Distribution System Inventory and Assessment statewide in Alaska from April 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025. As the state's designated energy office, AEA will utilize the funding to inventory and assess distribution systems across Alaska, advancing the Denali Commission's goal of providing critical utilities support to distressed...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant to the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), doing business as Aidea, under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.859). The grant, with a performance period from March 2025 to March 2027, will fund projects focused on improving energy generation, transmission, and distribution facilities, implementing renewable energy systems, and developing energy efficiency and conservation...
The Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), doing business as Aidea, was awarded a $4.36 million Project Grant from the Denali Commission under the Denali Commission Program (CFDA 90.100) to support the DOE Littoral Power Systems Hydrokinetic Project. The project aims to develop hydrokinetic technologies to harness tidal, wave, and river energy in remote Alaskan coastal and river communities between November 2021 and December 2022. As the Denali Commission seeks to provide critical utilities and...
The Denali Commission, a federal agency, awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Denali Commission Program (CFDA 90.100) to the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), a state government entity operating as Aidea, on June 1, 2024. The grant funding will support a "Bulk Fuel Aggregation Study" to be completed by December 30, 2026. The Denali Commission Program provides funding for critical infrastructure and community development projects in rural Alaska, with a focus on addressing the unique...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE-EERE) awarded a $2,087,479 Cooperative Agreement to the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), doing business as Aidea, under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). The purpose of this award is to engage and electrify Alaskan rural communities by identifying site locations, installing electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, and documenting performance. The project will span from October 1, 2023 to...
The Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), doing business as Aidea, was awarded a $960,000 cooperative agreement from the Denali Commission to conduct a bulk fuel inventory and assessment in Alaska from April 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023. Under the Denali Commission Program (CFDA 90.100), which provides critical utilities and infrastructure funding for Alaska's distressed communities, AEA will inventory and assess bulk fuel storage assets and supplies across the state. The Denali Commission aims to...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $5.9 million Project Grant to the Alaska Energy Authority doing business as Aidea under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities federal grant program (CFDA #10.859). The grant aims to provide assistance to rural Alaskan communities with extremely high energy costs through May 2024. As the parent organization of Aidea, the State of Alaska Office of the Governor will oversee delivery of cost-reduction services. Given...
This Project Grant award of $737,110.00 was issued on August 8, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Denali Commission Grants and Loans program (CFDA 10.858). The funding will support a 2-year project performed by the Denali Commission, a U.S. government agency, to deliver infrastructure improvements and services that increase access to reliable, affordable energy for rural Alaskan communities where household energy costs exceed 275% of the national...
The Denali Commission Program (CFDA 90.100), a federal agency focused on critical infrastructure and community development projects in rural Alaska, awarded a $1,550,000 Project Grant to the Alaska Energy Authority (DBA Aidea) on December 1, 2023. The grant will fund the design and construction of a new electrical distribution system in Kipnuk, Alaska. Through a sub-award, the Native Village of Kipnuk (DBA Kipnuk Traditional Council) will assist with the engineering services and construction...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award, with an ID of DEGD0000935, is funded by the Department of Energy under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254). The $413,000,000 award aims to enhance the reliability and transfer capability of the Railbelt electric grid in Alaska. Key project objectives include reinforcing interconnections between primary regions, adding parallel transmission lines, and implementing battery energy storage systems to address long-standing...