Alaska State Funds

Alaska State Funds

  • State-funded Power Cost Equalization Program subsidizes the cost of electricity for LIHEAP households in remote areas with high electric rates.
  • Alaska has regularly provided general funds to supplement weatherization; however, in early 2008, the legislature approved dramatic supplemental state appropriations for the Weatherization Assistance Program and the Home Energy Rebate Program for all income levels for three years. Along with additional funding from corporate earnings from the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, the weatherization grantee, additional funds were expected to increase the number of Alaska homes weatherized each year from 600 in 2007 to 7,500 by 2011.
  • Since 2009, the state-funded Alaska Affordable Heating Program (AKAHP), formerly known as the Alaska Heating Assistance Program, has provided payment assistance to those with incomes from 151 to 225 percent of FPG. The program received $5 million in 2010 and is expected to receive the same amount for 2011.

LEVERAGING

Power Cost Equalization Program
2010: $6.8 million
2009: $10.2 million
2007: $5 million
2006: $9.2 million
2005: $3.6 million
2004: $3.4 million
2003: $3.4 million
2002: $3.5 million
2001: $4.3 million
2000: $3.2 million
1999: $3.9 million
1998: $2.9 million
1997: $3.5 million
1996: $2.9 million
1995: $3.6 million
1994: $3.8 million
1993: $3.3 million
1992: $4.4 million
1991: $4.2 million

Weatherization
2010: $11.2 million
2009: $12.4 million
2007: $4.6 million
2006: $3.1 million
2005: $2.8 million
2004: $2.8 million
2003: $2.7 million
2002: $1.7 million
2001: $1.5 million
2000: $1.5 million
1999: $2.3 million
1998: $2.5 million
1997: $6.2 million
1996: $4.9 million
1995: $4.3 million
1994: $3.4 million
1993: $2.7 million
1992: $2.5 million
1991: $1 million

Heating Assistance Program
2009: $16 million

Rural Residential Energy Rehabilitation Program
2002: $533,450
2001: $715,269
2000: $407,935
1999: $664,159
1998: $1 million