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Mary Peltola: “Alaska has a grid that we really do need to make sure has…”

Featuring: Mary Peltola, Democratic | Former U.S. House Representative, Alaska At-Large

Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola sits down for her first interview upon return to Capitol Hill

Published October 18, 2023 | Video Starts at 08:08

How significant is this? This is huge for Alaska. You really don't have an economy unless you have affordable energy. And Alaska has a grid that we really do need to make sure has more redundancy and is more fail safe. We've got a lot of extreme weather there, and this infusion of money is going to help Alaska make sure that we have storage capacity and transmission capacity, also allowing renewables to get into the grid in a much more efficient way. (08:08–08:19)

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Asserts that Alaska's electrical grid needs more redundancy and fail-safe measures.

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