The Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), doing business as Aidea, received a $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities (CFDA 10.859) program. The award, dated March 24, 2025, with a performance period through March 24, 2027, will fund projects focused on improving energy generation, transmission, and distribution facilities, implementing renewable and alternative energy systems, and...
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 $625,000 Project Grant award from the Denali Commission (CFDA 90.100 Denali Commission Program) will support the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), doing business as Aidea, in maintaining and improving rural power systems across Alaska. The funding will enable AEA to implement various energy infrastructure projects, including electrical distribution system upgrades in remote communities, diesel engine replacements with more efficient models, bulk fuel facility improvements, biomass system...
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...
This $330,000 Project Grant award was provided by the Denali Commission under the Denali Commission Program (CFDA 90.100) to the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), a state government entity. The award will fund critical energy infrastructure and efficiency projects across rural Alaskan communities between December 1, 2024 and March 31, 2026. As the prime awardee, AEA plans to sub-award portions of the grant to local entities like Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, Native Village Councils, and local...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,370,367.00, provided by the Denali Commission under the Denali Commission Program (CFDA 90.100), supports a range of critical energy infrastructure and efficiency projects across rural Alaska communities. The Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), a state government entity, is the prime awardee and will implement initiatives such as electrical distribution system upgrades, diesel engine replacements, bulk fuel facility improvements, biomass system training,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities (CFDA 10.859) program to Inside Passage Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Juneau, Alaska. The grant, awarded on Sep 24, 2024, will fund projects focused on improving energy generation, transmission, and distribution facilities, implementing renewable and alternative energy systems, and developing energy efficiency and conservation initiatives to...
This Project Grant award for $687,500.00 was provided by the Denali Commission (CFDA 90.100 Denali Commission Program) to the Alaska Energy Authority (Aidea) to support bulk fuel maintenance and improvement projects in Alaska. The award period runs from December 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. As the prime awardee, the Alaska Energy Authority will likely sub-award portions of the grant to local entities like Alaska Native tribal governments, municipal and borough governments, and non-profit...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities (CFDA 10.859) program to Kawerak, Inc., a non-profit tribal consortium in Nome, Alaska. The grant funding will be used to address energy infrastructure challenges and improve energy generation, transmission, and distribution facilities in rural Alaskan communities with exceptionally high residential energy costs. The project aims to implement...
The Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program awarded a $1,627,450 formula grant to the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), doing business as Aidea, on October 1, 2023. The grant funding will be used by AEA to implement a variety of energy efficiency and conservation projects across Alaska over the award period which runs through September 30, 2026. Key products and services to be delivered under this grant include energy audits, building retrofits,...