Energy Frontier > Alaska

Resources Market Infrastructure Policy

Resources: A measure of total energy production and consumption per capita

Market: The cost of consumption, measured in electricity prices and gasoline taxes

Infrastructure: Capacity to generate and refine energy sources; miles of pipelines

15th Resources
39th Market
19th Infrastructure

Alaska's total demand for finished petroleum products is low compared to demand in most states. Motor gasoline demand is primarily met by oil refineries in Kenai and near Fairbanks.

Alaska's tribal lands do not have the sovereign status of reservations; instead, the land is owned by the Native Alaskans through 13 regional corporations, allowing the tribes to benefit from the resources on their lands. The Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, for instance, has title to nearly five million acres of energy-rich land, including one of the world’s largest bituminous coal deposits.

state-alaska

Production trillion btu

1116
Oil
399
Gas
31
Coal
0
Wind
0.00
Solar
5
Hydro
0
Biofuel
0
Nuclear

net energy Production trillion btu

914
+1,551 Produced
637 Consumed

Consumption trillion btu

254
Oil
347
Gas
16
Coal
20
Renewable
0
Nuclear

Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014

AK
$0.30
USA
$0.46

Key Policies

  • Does not have a renewable portfolio standard or similar renewable goals.

  • Allows the use of conventional motor gasoline throughout the state and is exempted from federal fuel volatility regulations. Requires the use of ultra low sulfur diesel for all diesel-powered on-road vehicles and off-road equipment.

  • Requires permits and compliance bonds for oil and gas well drilling. There is no permit fee for drilling. Compliance bonds are not less than $100,000 per well.

Electricity net production, trillion btu

13.14¢
AK
8.81¢
USA