For the amount of money that has been squandered studying Susitna Dam the state could have built a high voltage DC line from the North Slope to Fairbanks and use the natural gas being burned off on the North Slope to generate megawatts of electricity.
The necessary parts to build the system could be installed in 2 years! Because the "Plug and play" components are standard off-the-shelf industrial parts made by several different companies.

Look up   HVDC power line on the net for additional information.