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With gas crunch looming, Alaska utilities won’t get big wind before tax credits expire

By Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal-Anchorage Press September 5, 2025

For years, urban Alaska utilities have been studying large-scale wind farms that could help break the state’s dependence on natural gas power — encouraged by the potential for hundreds of millions of dollars in tax credits from the federal government.

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