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Denali Commission.
Notice.
The President's 2026 Budget requested no new funding for the Denali Commission in 2026 and proposed to use all available resources to conduct an orderly closeout of the Commission. Congress has begun work on bills that do provide funding for the Commission's FY 2026 operations and the FY 2026 Work Plan represents the Commission's contingency plan if such a bill is enacted. The Denali Commission (Commission) is an independent Federal agency based on an innovative federal-state partnership designed to provide critical utilities, infrastructure and support for economic development and training in Alaska by delivering federal services in the most cost-effective manner possible. The Commission is required to develop an annual work plan for future spending which will be published in the Federal Register , providing an opportunity for a 30-day period of public review and written comment. This Federal Register notice serves to announce the 30-day opportunity for public comment on the Denali Commission Draft Work Plan for Federal Fiscal Year 2026 (FY 2026).
Comments and related material to be received by February 23, 2026.
Submit comments to the Denali Commission, Attention: John Whittington, 550 W 7th Avenue, Suite 1230, Anchorage, AK 99501.
John Whittington, Denali Commission, 550 W 7th Avenue, Suite 1230, Anchorage, AK 99501. Telephone: (907) 271-1414. Email: jwhittington@denali.gov.
Background: The Denali Commission's mission is to partner with tribal, federal, state, and local governments and collaborate with all Alaskans to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of government services, to build and ensure the operation and maintenance of Alaska's basic infrastructure, and to develop a well-trained labor force employed in a diversified and sustainable economy.
By creating the Commission, Congress mandated that all parties involved partner together to find new and innovative solutions to the unique infrastructure and economic development challenges in America's most remote communities. Pursuant to the Denali Commission Act, the Commission determines its own basic operating principles and funding criteria on an annual federal fiscal year (October 1 to September 30) basis. The Commission outlines these priorities and funding recommendations in an annual work plan. The FY 2026 Work Plan was developed in the following manner.
The Commission has historically received federal funding from several sources. The three primary sources at this time include the Energy & Water Appropriation Bill (“base” or “discretionary” funds), transfers from the Department of Transportation (DOT) and an annual allocation from the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability (TAPL) fund. The proposed FY 2026 Work Plan assumes the Commission will receive $18,000,000 of base funds, a $3,500,000 TAPL allocation and $17,800,000 in transfers from DOT based on discussions with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The total base funding shown in the Work Plan also includes an amount typically available from project closeouts and other de-obligations that occur in any given year. Administrative costs will be taken from the $18,000,000 in base funds, reducing that amount to $15,000,000 which will be available for program activities. Absent any new specific direction or limitations provided by Congress in the current Energy & Water Appropriations Bill, these funding sources are governed by the following general principles, either by statute or by language in the Work Plan itself:
| Source | Available for program activities |
|---|---|
| Energy & Water Funds: | |
| FY 2026 Energy & Water Appropriation 1 | $15,000,000 |
| Subtotal | 15,000,000 |
| TAPL Funds: | |
| FY 2026 Annual Allocation 2 | 3,500,000 |
| Subtotal | 3,500,000 |
| DOT Transfers: | |
| FY 2026 Allocation 3 | 17,800,000 |
| Subtotal | 17,800,000 |
| Grand Total 4 | 36,300,000 |
| Base | TAPL | DOT | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Systems: | ||||
| Power and Bulk Fuel Systems; Hybrid and Redundant Systems; Electricity and Heat; Energy Efficiency, and Small-Scale Nuclear | $5,000,000 | $3,500,000 | $8,500,000 | |
| Subtotal | 5,000,000 | 3,500,000 | 8,500,000 | |
| Transportation: | ||||
| Roads, Boardwalks, Ports, Waterway Facilities, and Intermodal Connections | 17,800,000 | |||
| Subtotal | 17,800,000 | |||
| Communications & Emergency Preparedness and Recovery: | ||||
| Adaptation to new technologies, cold climate, remote rural pilot projects, access to create economies, technology transfers | 2,000,000 | |||
| Risk Mitigation and risk Management; Projects that address risks to life-safety, human health, and the environment | 6,000,000 | |||
| Subtotal | 8,000,000 | |||
| Other Infrastructure: | ||||
| Discretionary amount to focus on activities that emerge through the above program priorities | 2,000,000 | |||
| Subtotal | 2,000,000 | |||
| Totals | 15,000,000 | 3,500,000 | 17,800,000 | 36,300,000 |
John Whittington,
General Counsel.
1. If the final appropriation is less than $18 million the Federal Co-Chair shall reduce investments to balance the FY 2026 Work Plan. This column reflects H.R. 6938, which passed the House on 1/8/2026 and contains $18 million in appropriations for the Denali Commission. This amount reflects administrative costs reducing the $18 million in appropriations.
2. This column reflects projected FY 2026 TAPL interest allocation plus anticipated recoveries as reflected in the committee-passed House and Senate bills.
3. This column reflects S. 2465, which was reported out of the Senate Committee on Appropriations 7/24/2025 and contains $20 million in DOT funding for the Commission.
4. Dollar amounts may change based on the final enacted FY 2026 appropriations bills.
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