Energy

Bristol Bay Protection Act codifies 2023 EPA decision WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Mary Peltola (AK-AL) introduced the Bristol Bay Protection Act, new legislation that would codify a 2023 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to veto the Pebble Mine – a proposed copper-gold-molybdenum mining project in the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska – under Clean Water Act… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Mary Peltola (AK-AL) announced a total of $124.9 million in Inflation Reduction Act funding for the Alaska Energy Authority and the Tanana Chiefs Conference to fund and operationalize new solar energy projects in the state. “Investing in energy projects across the board–solar, wind, hydro and more–lowers utility bills for Alaska families and creates new… Read more »

  ICYMI: Alaska Delegation Continues to  Make the Case Against Proposed NPR-A Rule   Anchorage, AK—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and U.S. Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) today released a letter they sent to Secretary Deb Haaland last week, urging the Department of the Interior (DOI) to withdraw a… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 15, 2024 Contact: JoePlesha(Murkowski), 206.302.8317 Ben Dietderich (Sullivan), 202.228.5959 Anton McParland (Peltola), 202.225.5765 Alaska Legislature… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representative Peltola issues statement on Biden Administration’s pending LNG export ban    January 26, 2024    Contact:  Sam Erickson  Communications Director  sam.erickson@mail.house.gov  707-980-1078    Washington, D.C.— Today, U.S. Representative Mary Peltola released the following statement regarding a… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 2, 2023 Contact: (Murkowski)Joe Plesha (Sullivan)Ben Dietderich (Peltola)Sam Erickson Alaska Delegation Seeks Comment Deadline Extension for Coastal Plain SEIS Requests 180-Day Extension… Read more »

Alaska Delegation Seeks 80-Day Extension of Comment Period for BLM’s Proposed NPR-A Rule Alaska’s Congressional Delegation today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) requesting an 80-day extension to the current comment deadline for the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed rule to impose sweeping restrictions across 13.1 million acres of the National… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Joe Plesha(Murkowski) October 18, 2023 Ben Dietderich(Sullivan) Sam Erickson(Peltola)   Alaska Delegation Welcomes $206… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 2023 Contact: (Murkowski)Joe Plesha (Sullivan)Ben Dietderich (Peltola)Sam Erickson   Delegation Reacts to DOI’s Months-Late Draft  Analysis for the Ambler Access… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 6, 2023 Contact: (Murkowski)Joe Plesha (Sullivan)Ben Dietderich (Peltola)Sam Erickson Delegation, Alaska Leaders: Biden Administration puts American Energy Security at risk, harms the… Read more »