Alaska electricity rates in March 2017 averaged 21.58 cents per kilowatthour -- an estimated 67 percent more than the 12.90 cents per kilowatthour average rate in the U.S. overall in March 2017.[1]
Alaska natural gas rates in March 2017 averaged 9.59 dollars per thousand cubic feet -- an estimated 3 percent less than the 9.90 dollars per thousand cubic feet average rate in the nation overall in March 2017.[2]
Alaska solar energy averaged about 2.96 kilowatt hours per square meter per day (kWh/m2/day) on an annual basis -- an estimated 21% less than the 3.73 kWh/m2/day generated at a low-output location in the U.S.[3]
Much of Alaska is known for cold, dark winters, but the Department of Energy says that solar energy could be a viable source of energy in rural regions … Read More
Much of Alaska is known for cold, dark winters, but the Department of Energy says that solar energy could be a viable source of energy in rural regions … 
While coal consumption as an electricity source dropped in almost every U.S. state from 2007 to 2015, IN, OH & PA saw the largest decreases.
The U.S. DOE will be funding clean energy projects in two dozen American Indian and Alaska Native communities, it announced yesterday.
