Railbelt Integrated Resource Plan

Alaska Energy Authority hired Black and Veatch (B&V) to develop an IRP for the Railbelt region of Alaska. This is the region that covers the area from roughly Fairbanks to Seward and where the bulk of Alaska’s population resides. B&V’s IRP evaluated the resources it believes Alaska will require over the next 50 years to meet its energy demand. Synapse developed comments for the client that included an assessment of generation technologies (including renewables), their costs and benefits, transmission and reliability requirements, and what Alaska should consider in its resource planning.