In November of 2021, President Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), a once-in-a-generation investment in our nation’s infrastructure and competitiveness. The IIJA authorized over 370 funding programs for improvements related to transportation, broadband, energy, climate, and the environment. The programs will modernize our power grid by building and upgrading transmission lines to reduce outages and energy costs, facilitate the expansion of clean energy, and invest in energy efficiency and clean energy improvements in our homes, schools, businesses, and communities to make them cleaner and more affordable.
As the State’s energy office, the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) is applying for federal funding opportunities. Funding we have applied for include:
AEA would like to highlight recently released infrastructure funding opportunities:
Remote and Rural Communities
Electric Vehicles
Federal Funding Applications Submitted by AEA
Sources for Information:
A comprehensive list of funding programs authorized by the IIJA can be found at the Guidebook to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.