Bulk Fuel Upgrade Program
Alaska Energy Authority
Who can apply
Under 3 AAC 108.100 – 130, the Alaska Energy Authority’s (AEA) Bulk Fuel Upgrade (BFU) program may provide financial assistance and technical assistance including construction management and training to eligible recipients.
About this opportunity
Under 3 AAC 108.100 – 130, the Alaska Energy Authority’s (AEA) Bulk Fuel Upgrade (BFU) program may provide financial assistance and technical assistance including construction management and training to eligible recipients. Rural Alaska is energized primarily by liquid fuels: diesel for power generation and heating, and gasoline for transportation. Rural villages are located either along rivers or on the coast, so fuel is primarily delivered by barge. Where barge delivery is unavailable or uneconomic, air tankers and in a few cases tanker trucks deliver fuel. Delivery is seasonal and limited by sea or river ice, water levels, or ice road availability. Villages of a few hundred people must store hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel to meet their annual energy needs. Many of rural Alaska...