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NANA focuses on energy in the region
Students from the Alaska Sister School Exchange Program from Buckland and Palmer High School presented their community action plan on renewable energy sources at the Rural Energy Conference. (back l to r) Teachers
Suzanne Gerhardt (Palmer) and Alison Jech (Buckland), students Sarah Washington (Buckland), Lee Hadley (Buckland), and Bradley Thomas (Buckland). (front l to r) Students Rya Whittington-Evans (Palmer), Kylah
Melton (Buckland), and Nita Thomas (Buckland).
T
he cost of a single gallon of stove oil
in Ambler, Alaska, last April was as
high as $11. Despite low oil prices in
the rest of the state of Alaska and the world,
the NANA region is still locked-in to higher
energy costs impacted by the summer barging
season and the region’s geographic position.
NANA is working with state and federal
agencies to acquire funding and resources for
current and upcoming rural energy projects.
As part of that effort, NANA Energy staff
participated in the Alaska Rural Energy
Conference in Fairbanks, Alaska, in April
to focus on emerging energy technologies,
learn about grant options for current and
future proje