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Denali Commission Fiscal Year 2026 Draft Work Plan
The Denali Commission’s draft FY 2026 work plan would spend $36.3 million on Alaska energy, transportation and risk-reduction projects. It is a contingency plan, because the President’s budget proposed closing the Commission. FR 2026-01108.
Power and bulk fuel systems, roads, boardwalks and ports make up most of the Denali Commission’s draft spending plan for fiscal 2026. The Commission works in some of America’s most remote communities, in Alaska. The plan comes with a big condition, though: Congress has to fund it.
The Commission’s Federal Register notice says the President’s 2026 Budget requested no new money for the Commission and proposed using its remaining resources for an orderly closeout. Congress has begun work on bills that would fund it, and the FY 2026 Work Plan is the Commission’s contingency plan if one is enacted. The Commission is an independent federal agency, set up as a federal-state partnership, that provides utilities, infrastructure and support for economic development and training in Alaska.
Where the $36.3 million would go (draft) — Energy systems (power and bulk fuel, hybrid and redundant systems, electricity and heat, energy efficiency, small-scale nuclear): $8.5 million. Transportation (roads, boardwalks, ports, waterway facilities, intermodal connections): $17.8 million. Communications and emergency preparedness and recovery: $8 million, including $6 million for projects that address risks to life safety, human health and the environment. Other discretionary infrastructure: $2 million.
Where the money would come from: $18 million in Energy & Water base funds, cut to $15 million for programs after administrative costs, which reflects H.R. 6938 as passed by the House on January 8, 2026. Another $3.5 million would come from the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability fund, which can only go to bulk fuel projects, and $17.8 million in Transportation Department transfers, which can only go to surface and water transportation. If Congress appropriates less than $18 million, the Federal Co-Chair must scale investments down.
After the comment period, the Federal Co-Chair sends the plan to the Secretary of Commerce for approval, and only then approves grants and contracts. Comments were due February 23, 2026. Contact: John Whittington, General Counsel, Denali Commission, 550 W 7th Avenue, Suite 1230, Anchorage, AK 99501, (907) 271-1414.
Federal Register filing: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/22/2026-01108/denali-commission-fiscal-year-2026-draft-work-plan
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Source: the official public federal record 2026-01108 · Federal Register · 2026-01108 · 2026-01108.
This is a Notice Nearby publisher-desk Federal brief — a short in-house summary of a public federal filing. It is not official agency minutes, not a newspaper story, and not Legal Publication. It does not satisfy a statutory notice requirement.