The state emergency management department says the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative is working with regional entities on clearing frozen well transmission lines as well as restoring power to parts of the community.
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Selawik issues disaster declaration after outage leaves homes, water treatment plant without power
While many residents said they have a secondary heat source at home, four families stayed overnight at the local school. Selawik officials have ordered a temporary water supply from Kotzebue.
Alaska remote diesel generators win exemption from pollution rule
The exemption would allow remote Alaska utilities to emit more particulate pollution than power plants elsewhere.
Cordova hosts U.S. Senate field hearing on microgrids
The state is becoming a testing ground for energy technologies that are increasingly interesting to the rest of the world.
Bethel wind turbine expected to displace hundreds of thousands of gallons of diesel fuel
A new, large wind turbine is coming to Bethel. Anna Sattler, the rural liaison for the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, said that the 900 kilowatt wind turbine is expected to be delivered next year, and it will be the largest turbine in the cooperative’s fleet, by a factor of nine.
City of Bethel bets on wind energy to cut diesel costs
Bethel’s electric grid consumes 2.5 million gallons of diesel annually. The turbines would reduce that amount, but the number of turbines AVEC would install is still undecided.