The struggle of the congress around Trump's agenda runs through Alaska

Twice a month, aircraft land on the gravel railway in Noatak, Alaska, about 70 miles north of the Arctic circle and carry the diesel that residents need to heat their houses in the bitter cold.

And once a month you get four times higher electricity invoices than for most of the rest of the country, which includes two separate fees: one for the costs of the energy itself and a fuel used there for the costs of the fuel used there.

“The fuel costs are what kills,” said the 56 -year -old Bessie Monroe, who works as an assistant to the village's tribal administrator when she raised her bill. Although you can still feel the heat of your generator with a wood oven-and sometimes you can feel the cold of the wind through one of your walls-Hat Ms. Monroe this winter is about $ 250 a month for electricity for your small house with a bedroom.

A few years ago to build a local power source and save money to the residents, the 500 -year village in Upiat worked with its supply company to install a small farm of solar collectors. And when the congress approved new tax credits for Clean Energy projects through the inflation reduction act in 2022, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. signed the village to buy more.