US to announce $150 million for Alaska power lines as Vance campaigns in Senate battleground

The US Energy Department will announce $150 ‌million in new funding for power lines in Alaska on Monday as Vice President JD Vance s the state, where Republicans are fighting to hold a critical Senate seat in the November midterm elections.

Trump unveiled ​plans last week for ⁠South Korea to invest some $200 billion in US projects, including for an Alaska liquefied natural gas pipeline.

Under the Energy Department plan, the Trump administration will tap federal funds to help construct 223 miles (359 km) ​of new electrical transmission lines linking the Beluga power station on Alaska's southern coast with Healy in ​the state's interior, an administration official told Reuters.