With Two Weeks to Go, Will Alaska Choose a Bright Energy Future?

October 21, 2024

Part of Power The Future’s mission is to expose the outright lunacy of the eco-left.  As early voting gets underway across Alaska, it is important to note that energy is on the ballot in 2024, and that candidates’ endorsements matter to the future of the state.

While Power The Future – as a 501(c)4 – doesn’t endorse candidates, we certainly take note of which other organizations do.  What those organizations’ missions and priorities say about their endorsed candidates drives their ongoing mission to move Alaska away from reliable, affordable energy and into risky, higher-cost options.

In the case of the Alaska Center, their slate of statewide endorsed candidates must accept and drive policy (if elected) around very specific goals set by the organization.  In order to even be considered for endorsement, they must acknowledge a number of items, including:

• Admitting a climate crisis exists, and that the candidate working to end it;
• Committing to moving Alaska to a 100% clean energy economy by 2050;
• Promoting “equity” for rural communities most affected by the climate crisis.

Previously, Alaska Center-endorsed candidates have led the way on legislation involving Renewable Portfolio Standards, increasing oil and gas taxes on producers, forcing wind and solar “solutions” into the grid and more.  All of those would damage Alaska’s employment, hurt families across the state, raise rates, threaten future investment, gut the revenues and royalties that fund state and local government, and – most importantly – add risk into the grid, which is currently led by a combination of firm (always-on) energy sources.

As Alaskans go to the polls between now and November 5^th, look at the endorsements of candidates you are choosing from.  If you see ones that have eco-left-driven support, it might be good to pass them by.