The project is being fast-tracked in a process that has bypassed legally required consultations with Inupiaq communities.

Both agreements are nonbinding, but proponents say they're proof of ongoing positive momentum.

The study showed heat pumps could extend Cook Inlet gas supplies. But they cost Anchorage residents an average of $2,300 more annually than natural gas heating.

Republicans focused on Alaska's exportable oil and LNG. Democrats homed in on a small Alaska village whose energy solutions hit Trump administration roadblocks.

Construction is well underway on major oil projects on the North Slope, and the Pikka project is expecting to begin production ahead of schedule.

Some state officials have pinned their hopes on new oil revenue as a solution to the state’s ongoing budget woes.

Oil and gas industry employment in Alaska has been slowly rebounding since the COVID-19 pandemic emergency, but that could change.

Alaska's congressman and governor say Congress and the Trump administration have created the right conditions to get federal permits and invest in drilling and mining.

The Interior Department plans six lease sales, but industry interest has been mild in the gasfields Southcentral Alaska relies on for heat and power generation.

Natural gas was flared over a six-month period at the Badami field, constituting what regulators determined was a waste of a state resource.

Anchorage utility executives say that a mild winter translated into lower electricity sales — and a hole in their budget.

The value of the system matters because it helps determine the amount of property taxes the pipeline's owners must pay to the state and municipalities it crosses.