As a 50-year member and leader of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1547, a union representing over 4,000 workers in Alaska, I know firsthand that it takes diverse sources of energy, including renewables, to keep electricity and heating prices affordable and the electrical grid resilient. Certain federal tax credits make renewable energy projects more economical to build and right now we need Sen. Murkowski’s help in restoring tax credits and other renewable energy provisions that were eliminated by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Trained IBEW professionals help build Alaska’s major infrastructure projects like oil and gas lines, electrical generation plants, transmission line upgrades and electrical grid interties. In addition, we build and maintain wind turbines, solar arrays, hydroelectric dams, and other renewable energy…
