CS HJR 8(ENE) Summary

• Urges the federal government to exempt Alaska from the Clean Power Plan and allow the state to regulate its own energy production and use.

• Asserts that the Clean Power Plan's carbon emissions goals are fundamentally flawed for Alaska because the state is not connected to the North American grid that the plan relies on.

• Calls for protecting coal-fired power plants in Alaska, specifically the Healy Units 1 and 2, from premature retirement to ensure electrical grid reliability and minimize rate increases.

• Requests that the Regulatory Commission of Alaska be empowered to make energy decisions based on lowest production costs rather than federal regulations deemed inappropriate for the state.

• Directs copies of the resolution to be sent to the President, Vice President, congressional leadership, the EPA Administrator, and all members of Congress.