Brian Hirsch

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Dr. Brian Hirsch, president of Deerstone Consulting LLC, has been working in rural Alaska and other remote locations on renewable energy and community development solutions for over 25 years. He has led or facilitated energy efficiency, solar photovoltaic, biomass, wind and hydrokinetic turbine installation projects as a private developer and, from 2009 to mid-2015, as the Alaska Senior Project Leader for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, part of the U.S. Department of Energy.

A partial solution to rural Alaska energy challenges

OPINION: As legislators look for budget savings, they should consider the ways using -- not cutting -- the Power Cost Equalization program to help alleviate costs to the state as well as rural communities and families.

By Brian Hirsch●

October 24, 2015 at 7:00 pm