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We met at Merrill Field at 8.00 a.m. but were initially unable to get airborne due to forecasted bad weather in Rainy Pass. At 9-30 a.m. pilot reports finally indicated that the weather in the pass was improving, and we took off in Jerry Larson's plane. Unfortunately, Rainy Pass turned out to be closed as did Ptarmigan Pass. Another try at Rainy Pass did not produce and Opening. and we decided to make one last attempt on Ptarmigan Pass prior to cancelling the trip and returning to Merrill Field. This time the pass had partially cleared and we were able to get through in decent weather. We arrived in McGrath at 11.45 and were able to schedule a meeting with the superintendent for the Iditarod Area School District, Mrs. Sarah Hamilton, at 1.00 p.m. This meeting turned out to be very productive as the waste heat system in Grayling as well as potential technical assistance projects for other villages in the area were discussed. Mrs. Hamilton promised to review the proposed waste heat sales contracts during the coming week and to present the contracts to the School Board at its last meeting of the year during that week. We left McGrath at 3.00 p.m. and arrived in Unalakleet at 4.30 p-m. Here we were able to arrange for an immediate meeting with Mr. Mike Rohn, the Maintenance Supervisor for the Berings Straits School District. Mr. Rohn was very receptive to the proposed waste heat sales contracts and promised to make an attempt to have the School Board discuss the contracts at its last meeting of the year during the coming week. We left Unalakleet at 6.00 p.m. and arrived in Golovin at 7.15 p-m. Here we met with Mr. Charles Louis, General Manager for Golovin Electric Utility. As requested by Mr. Louis, we collected all the data necessary for the design of a waste heat recapture system for Golovin. Also. we discussed the project in general with Mr. Louise and we pledged the Power Authority's technical support throughout the project. We left Golovin at 9.30 p.m. and checked in at the Ocean view Manor in Nome one hour later before stepping into the wild night life in Nome in an attempt to locate a decent dinner. € q In the morning of 5/20 we met with Mr. Bill McKinney, Utilities Manager for Nome Joint Utilities to discuss various’ issues related to co-generation in Nome. Additionally, we visited the Nome-Beltz co-generation project in order to discuss various minor operational difficulties with NJUT staff. Additionally, the Administrator for the Norton Sound Regional Hospital was present as ne was interested in pursuing a similar project for the nospital. After meeting with NJUT staff we flew to Diomede in an attempt to investigate reports that certain components still under warranty were malfunctioning. Unfortunately, the ground fog around the island prevented us from landing in spite of three attempts, ana subsequently we flew to Teller, where we arrived at 2.00 p.m. Here we were successful in locating Mr. Robert Blodgett, owner of Teller Power. We met with Mr. Blodgett for more than 2. hours concerning @ potential intertie between Teller and Brevig Mission, and we concluded after the meeting, that while Mr. Blodgett was quite concerned about some of the technical aspects of the project, he was certainly very interested and cooperative and supported the project. After our meetings with Mr. Blodgett, we flew to Brevig Mission, where we arrived at 5.00 p.m. Here we inspected the BSSD power plant which had been out of service for 5 days and also the generating module, which has been idle since it was delivered to the City of Brevig Mission in late 1984. It was our conclusion that while this module is somewhat cramped, it is certainly functional as a power plant and there is no valid reason that it 1S not being used for this purpose. Unfortunately, peing exposed to the elements for 3 years has affected the condition of the equipment, and a fair amount of work must be done in order to get the equipment to function. Unfortunately, this module is a sad example of a project, whicn was undertaken witnout proper engineering anda without any preceeding investigation of actual neec. We met with Mr. Elmer Seetot, Jr. wno :s responsible for the Operation of the electric utility in Brevig Mission. Mr. Seetot mentioned that the City of Brevig Mission was comtemplating trading tne module for a larger generator, as it was felt that tne existing generators in tne module would be too small for the entire town load. He added, that most people in Brevig Mission would probably be against an intertie to Teller as they would be afraid of giving Mr. Robert Blodgett too much control over their lives. We left Brevig Mission at 6.30 p.m. and arrived back at our hotel at 8.00 p.m. In the morning of 5/21 we left Nome at 10.00 a.m. and flew to Deering, where we arrived at 11.30 a.m. Here we were met by the Mayor, Mr. Martin A. Karmun. We met at length with Mr. Karmun and other city council members and provided our thoughts and recommendations on a number of issues such as wind power, relocation of fuel tanks, utilization of waste heat in the water treatment plant as well as in the school, and efficiency of generators. It was suggested by Mr. Karmun that the Power Authority contact with Northwest Arctic School District in order to develop contracts for the construction and maintenance ’= and operation of a waste heat recapture system in Deering. Also, it was suggested that the Power Authority contact the U.S. Public Health Service in order for the Power Authority to review the design for the waste heat recapture system, which PHS is planning to install this summer to heat the water tank. We left Deering at 7.00 p.m. and arrived at our hotel in Kotzebue 1 hour later. In the morning of 5/22 we met with Mr. Pqul Weissner Maintenance Supervisor and Mr. Steve Whitlock, Facilities Manager for Northwest Arctic School District. They both indicated a great deal of interest in the waste heat sales contracts as presented and would attempt to have an answer to the Power Authority within a couple of weeks. They also indicated interest in the development of a contract for the delivery of waste heat from the power plant to the school in Deering and they requested that the Power Authority develop such a contract. Additionally, they asked us to contact Kotzebue Electric Association in order to investigate the potential for delivery of waste heat from Kotzebue's power plant to the school complex. We contacted Mr. Jack (?) Herring with KEA to discuss this issue, and Mr. Herring told us that the existing waste heat recapture system in Kotzebue was deteriorating rapidly due to poor design ana that a major repair of the system would be necessary very soon. He requested the Power Authority's assistance in this matter and would be contacting us in writing with a formal request. We left Kotzebue at 3.00 p-m- and after a refueling stop in Manley Hot Springs we attempted to cross the Alaska Range at Windy Pass. Unfortunately, a@ major storm caused severe turbulence in the area and we were forced to turn around. We went on to Fairbanks to spend the night and arrived in Fairbanks at 9.00 p.m. On 5/22 we were still fighting poor weather over the Alaska Range and we found it adviseable to delay our trip home until the afternoon. We arrived back home at 6.00 p.m. i ASKA POWER AUTHORIT RURAL UTILITY POWERHOUSE INVENTORY COMMUNITY Se UTILITY _ZpnedeZ, ownersHip —&4,———___ contact _DATE CAH ong G-l G-2 G3 ENGINE MAKE ENGINE MODEL ‘Joy 9904 PC a 09701 ENGINE RPM fo 1?o9 /Yoo SERIAL NUMBER POF of 99 OYRIGELT Y37O0%Y ccOL Po PC HORSEPOWER oF /60 9S GOVERNOR TYPE Utrdiecd EPG one Sow MODEL ACTUATOR : / ge t 4 792 MODEL SPEED CONTROL Fly D.C. VOLTAGE Ly UNIT CIRCUIT BREAKER TYPE/AMP/VOLT ele YU Po YEAR INSTALLED LAST MAJOR OVERHAUL (HRS) = — CURRENT HOURS tSfho 7Pot _ sy Pi AT CAT CAT GENERATOR CAPACITY (KW) ard! 105 O00 Goo os GENERATOR VOLTAGE tj fo 4ho Ulo PARALLEL SWITCHGEAR L ~ t ny 1 — KWH METER (Yes or No) L ne / OEM. HOURS/DAY ATTENDED Chin WASTE HEAT RECOVERY OPERATIONAL Yea POWERHOUSE KWH METER TYPE M4, CATALOG # & DEMAND? Yn CT RATIO ZrY BATTERY CHARGER/TYPE/Model Uta sere lyr Fin 2H INDIVIDUAL GENSET METER we PUMP # 4 MOTOR # FrrOn, 7 FUEL DAY TANK TYPE PUMP # FUEL DAY TANK METER - ho FUEL DAY TANK METER No- WASTE HEAT METER L FIRE PROTECTION TYPE/OPERA TIONAL? Holker Gt Pie Ly le ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR Kg ‘ aad bid Crue