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Selected Alaskan
Electric Utilities
At a Glance
May 1989
This publication is a joint effort between the Alaska Power Authority (APA) and the Alaska Systems Coordinating Council (ASCC is an association of Alaska’s electric power systems promoting improved reliability through systems coordination.). Copies of this publication can be obtained by writing the Alaska Power Authority, P.O. Box 190869, Anchorage, Alaska 99519 or by calling (907) 561-7877.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ANCHORAGE MUNICIPAL LIGHT & POWER COMPANY (ML&P)...:scsssscsssessseseees 5
CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. (CEA) sesssssssssssssssssssssssssstnsssssnsseteee 7
COPPER VALLEY ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. (CVEA) sesssssssssssssssessssesssesseee 10
FAIRBANKS MUNICIPAL UTILITIES SYSTEMS (FMUS)cessssssssssssssssssnsssnsssnesenseee 12
GOLDEN VALLEY ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. (GVEA) ..ssssssssssssssssssssesenseees 14
HOMER ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. (HEA) -sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessseensersesenseee 16
KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES (ELECTRIC) (KPU) vsssssssssssssssssssssssssssessseessenssenes 18
KODIAK ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. (KEA) -ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssesnessensseeeseeesee 21
MATANUSKA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. (MEA) sesssssssssssssssssssssssessnsssnssnesee 23
SEWARD ELECTRIC SYSTEM (SES) -ssosssossssssssssssnsesnessessnesnstnnesnesnnesnesnssnessneeeesee 24
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ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER AT A GLANCE
Alaska Electric Light and Power Company 612 W. Willoughby Avenue
Juneau, Alaska 99801-1798
Phone: (907) 586-2222 FAX: (907) 463-3304
Began Operation in 1893.
Glacier Highway Electric Association merged with Alaska Electric Light and Power on December 1, 1988.
11,807 consumers as of December 1988.
46.8 miles of transmission lines (23 kV and above).
274.1 miles of distribution lines (23 kV and below).
The service area for AEL&P is the City and Borough of Juneau.
Averages 43.1 consumers per mile of distribution line.
Operates and maintains:
10 distribution substations AEL&P purchases wholesale power for their baseload requirements from the federally owned Snettisham sapped facility (47 megawatts). They own additional generating capacity of 83.1 megawatts.
AEL&P Generating Facilities:
Location Year Size Type
Annex Creek
Unit No. 5 1915 1.75 megawatts Pelton Water Wheel Unit No. 6 1915 1.75 megawatts Pelton Water Wheel
Upper Salmon Creek
Unit No. 1 1914 1.40 megawatts Pelton Water Wheel Unit No. 2 1914 1.40 megawatts Pelton Water Wheel
wer Salmon Creek
Unit No. 3 1984 6.70 megawatts Gilkes Turgo Impulse Wheel
Gold Creek
Unit No. 2 1904 .40 megawatts Pelton Water Wheel Unit No. 3 1904 .40 megawatts Pelton Water Wheel Unit No. 1 1952 1.00 megawatts Pelton Water Wheel Unit No. 3 1952 1.25 megawatts Enterprise Diesel Unit No. 4 1954 1.25 megawatts Enterprise Diesel Unit No. 5 1963 1.14 megawatts Enterprise Diesel Unit No. 8 1966 1.14 megawatts Enterprise Diesel Unit No. 7 1961 3.50 megawatts __ Enterprise Diesel
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Unit No. 1 1969 2.50 megawatts General Motors Diesel Unit No. 2 1969 2.50 megawatts General Motors Diesel Unit No. 3 1974 2.50 megawatts General Motors Diesel Unit No. 7 1983 2.50 megawatts General Motors Diesel Unit No. 8 1984 2.50 megawatts General Motors Diesel Unit No. 9 1984 2.50 megawatts General Motors Diesel
Unit No. 10 1985 2.50 megawatts General Motors Diesel Unit No. 11 1985 2.50 megawatts General Motors Diesel
Unit No. 12 1985 2.50 megawatts General Motors Diesel Unit No. 5 1980 17.50 megawatts Diesel Fired Gas Turbine Unit No. 6 1983 17.50 megawatts Diesel Fired Gas Turbine
Auke Bay
Unit No. 4 1975 2.50 megawatts General Motors Diesel
12. Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 215.2 million 206.9 million
13. AEL&P has 50 a AEL&P is divided into four departments under General Manager James S. Webb.
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Transmission/Distribution Charles Y. Walls Generation Corry V. Hildenbrand Consumer Affairs David Stone Administration Stephen Crapo
14. Alaska Electric Light & Power Company is a private, investor owned utility. AEL&P is guided by a six member Board of Directors.
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ALASKA POWER ADMINISTRATION AT A GLANCE
Alaska Power Administration
P.O. Box 020050
Juneau, Alaska 99802-0050
Phone: (907) 586-7405 FAX: (907) 586-7270
Alaska Power Administration was established in 1967 as a unit of the US.
Department of the Interior. Alaska Power Administration became a unit of the U.S. Department of Energy in 1977.
Alaska Power Administration sells wholesale power from two hydroelectric facilities. The Snettisham facility provides wholesale power to Alaska Electric Light and Power in Juneau. The Eklutna facility provides wholesale power to Chugach
Electric Association, Inc. Matanuska Electric Association, Inc. and Anchorage Municipal Light and Power.
Operates and maintains:
4 transmission substations
89 miles of transmission lines (115 kV and above).
Total Generating Capacity:
Snettisham: 47.16 megawatts (cated near Juneau Eklutna: 30.00 megawatts (located near Pala Total Capacity: 77.17 megawatts
Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1985 1986 1987 1988 313.9 million 339.2 million 343.1 million 401.1 million
Alaska Power Administration currently has 33 employees. APA is divided into 2
divisions which are under the direction of Robert J. Cross, Administrator.
DIVISION MANAGER
Power Gordon J. Hallum Administration Joseph M. Malinovsky
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ALASKA POWER AUTHORITY AT A GLANCE
Alaska Power Authority Phone: (907) 561-7877 701 East Tudor Road FAX: (907) 561-8584 P.O. Box 190869
Anchorage, Alaska 99519
Alaska Power Authority Phone: (907) 465-3575 Court Building, Sth Floor FAX: (907) 465-3767 P.O. Box AM
Juneau, Alaska 99811
Alaska Power Authority was established by the Alaska Legislature in 1976 to help reduce electrical costs for residents of the state. The agency constructs, finances, and operates power projects, administers loan programs, and provides technical assistance to Alaskan communities and utilities.
Alaska Power Authority supplies wholesale power to the following utilities:
Ketchikan Public Utilities Swan Lake Hydro 22.5 MW) Petersburg Municipal Power and Light Tyee Lake Hydro 20 MW Wrangell Municipal Light and Power Tyee Lake Hydro 20 MW Kodiak Electric Association, Inc. error Lake Hydro 20 MW) Copper Valley Electric Association, Inc. (Solomon Gulch Hydro 12 MW)
APA operates and maintains 404.4 miles of transmission lines.
Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1985 1986 1987 174.4 million 223.4 million 224.1 million
Alaska Power Authority currently has 60 employees. APA is divided into three departments under the direction of Robert E. LeResche, Executive Director and Brent Petrie, Director of Agency Operations.
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR
Program Development and Facilities Ops. Donald L. Shira Accounting and Administration Gloria Manni Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project David R. Eberle
Alaska Power Authority is a public corporation of the State of Alaska governed by a seven member Board of Directors.
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ANCHORAGE MUNICIPAL LIGHT & POWER AT A GLANCE
Anchorage Municipal Light and Power 1200 East First Avenue Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Phone: (907) 279-7671 FAX: (907) 276-2961 or 277-9272
Began Operation in 1932.
Made up of 28,750 consumers as of December 1988.
23.97 miles of transmission lines (115 kV and above).
370.2 miles of distribution lines (34.5 kV and below). Total distribution miles consists of 46% overhead lines and 54% underground lines.
Service area encompasses: Downtown Anchorage; The area north of Tudor Road and west of Boniface Parkway.
Averages 77.7 consumers per mile of distribution line.
Operates and maintains:
19 distribution substations 2 transmission substations 1 mobile substation (This mobile substation is for the joint use of ML&P, CEA, MEA, and HEA)
Total generating capacity of 331.8 megawatts at 30 degrees F without anti-ice.
Generating Facilities
Location Year Size* Type
Plant 1
Unit No. 1 1962 16.2 megawatts Combustion Turbine Unit No. 2 1964 16.2 megawatts | Combustion Turbine Unit No. 3 1968 19.8 megawatts Combustion Turbine Unit No. 4 1972 33.6 megawatts Combustion Turbine
Plant 2
Unit No. 5 1974 37.6 megawatts | Combustion Turbine Unit No. 6** 1978/1981 37.5 megawatts Waste heat/Steam Turbine Unit No. 7 1979 81.8 megawatts Combustion Turbine Unit No. 8 1984 86.5 megawatts Combustion Turbine * Size of installed capacity is based on a rating of 30 degrees F without anti-ice. ** Unit No. 6 has two boilers that were installed in two different years.
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11. Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988 817.2 million 789.1 million 757.0 million
12. ML&P employs 188 employees. ML&P is a department of the Municipality of
Anchorage. ML&P is divided into seven divisions under General Manager, Thomas
R. Stahr.
DIVISION MANAGER
Generation Hank Nikkels Operations James Neubacher Power Management John Cooley
Systems and Communication Cliff Mathiesen Customer Service Dick Warner (acting)
Engineering Mio Kaiser (acting) Finance Kathleen Jacobs
13. Anchorage Municipal Light and Power is a department of the Municipality of Anchorage. The Municipality of Anchorage is governed by Mayor Tom Fink and
the Anchorage Assembly.
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CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. AT A GLANCE
Chugach Electric Association, Inc. 5601 Minnesota Drive P.O. Box 196300 Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6300
Phone: (907) 563-7494 FAX: (907) 562-0027
Incorporated on March 1, 1948.
Made up of 60,883 retail consumers; approximately 42,000 members.
1,804 miles of energized lines.
1,449 miles of distribution lines of which approximately 35% are underground.
Distribution service area encompasses:
Anchorage (south of Tudor Road and east of Boniface Parkway) The pei ow Kenai Peninsula Area City of Whittier Village of Tyonek
Averages 33.8 consumers per mile of energized line.
Operates and maintains:
24 distribution substations 9 transmission substations 1 mobile substation (This mobile substation is for the
joint use of CEA, ML&P, MEA, and HEA)
Total generating capacity of 512.8 megawatts.
Generating Facilities: Location Year Size Classification
Beluga
No. 1 1968 15.7 megawatts Peaking No. 2 1968 15.7 megawatts Peaking No. 3 1972 55.5 megawatts Intermediate No. 4 1976 8.7 megawatts Peaking No. 5 1975 66.5 megawatts Intermediate No. 6 1975 74.0 megawatts Base No. 7 1978 74.0 megawatts Base
No. 8 1980 55.0 megawatts Base Total 365.1 megawatts *Located on the west shore of Cook Inlet near the Village of Tyonek. *Combustion and Steam Turbines. *Units 1 through 7 are fueled by natural gas. *Waste heat from units 6 and 7 powers unit 8.
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Location Year Size Classification
Bernice Lake
No. 1 1963 7.8 megawatts Peaking No. 2 1971 19.0 megawatts Peaking No. 3 1978 27.5 megawatts Intermediate No. 4 1981 27.5 megawatts Intermediate
Total 81.8 megawatts
*Located on North Kenai Road on the Kenai Peninsula.
*Combustion Turbines.
*Fueled by natural gas, but convertible to fuel oil.
International
No. 1 1964 15.1 megawatts Peaking No. 2 1965 15.1 megawatts Peaking No. 3 1969 18.5 megawatts Peaking Total 48.7 megawatts
*Located off International Airport Road in Anchorage. *Combustion Turbines. *Fueled by natural gas, but convertible to fuel oil.
Cooper Lake
No. 1 1960 8.6 megawatts Intermediate No. 2 1960 8.6 megawatts Intermediate Total 17.2 megawatts
*Located at Cooper Lake near Cooper Landing on the Kenai Peninsula. *Hydro Turbines. *Chugach’s only hydroelectric generation facility.
Total number of kilowatt-hour retail sales in:
1985 1986 1987
960 million 918 million 866 million
*Sales for Resale are not included in these figures.
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Chugach Electric employs 303 regular employees and 13 temporaries. CEA is under the direction of the General Manager David L. Highers.
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Executive Staff David L. Highers
Employee Relations Mary Tesch
General Counsel Carol Johnson Administration William Stewart
Finance and Planning William Stewart (acting) Operating Divisions Gene Bjornstad Production Division Ray Olson (acting) Operations Division Lee Thibert Engineering Division Michael Massin
Chugach Electric Association, Inc. is a non-profit electrical utility that is owned by its members. Chugach ranks among the largest of nearly 1,000 REA systems nationwide. Chugach is guided by a seven-member board of directors, elected from the membership, that sets policy and provides direction to the utility’s general manager.
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COPPER VALLEY ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION AT A GLANCE
Copper Valley Electric Association, Inc. P.O. Box 45
Glennallen, Alaska 99588
Phone: Glennallen (907) 822-3211 Valdez (907) 835-4301 FAX: (907)822-5586
Incorporated in May 1955.
Glennallen consumers = 1,030 Valdez consumers = 1400
Total CVEA consumers = 2430
319.3 miles of distribution lines (278.3 miles overhead, 41 miles underground).
Distribution service area extends:
160 miles north from Valdez on the Richardson Highway to Alyeska Pipeline’s Main Line Refrigeration site 1. 81 miles east on the Glenn Highway from Sheep Mountain to north of the Tok
oe 20 miles east on the Edgerton Highway towards Chitina.
Averages 7.6 meters per mile of energized line.
Operates and maintains:
2 distribution substations
oe Valley’s primary source of power is from the state-owned Solomon Gulch hydro project (installed capacity 12,000 kilowatts). There are also two diesel plants.
Glennallen Valdez
Unit No. 1 320 kilowatts Unit No. 1 597 kilowatts Unit No. 2 320 kilowatts Unit No. 2 597 kilowatts
Unit No. 3 560 kilowatts Unit No. 3 597 kilowatts
Unit No. 4 597 kilowatts Unit No. 4 1,828 kilowatts
Unit No. 5 597 kilowatts Unit No. 5 2,620 kilowatts
Unit No. 6 2,624 kilowatts Unit No. 6 565 kilowatts
Unit No. 7 2,624 kilowatts
Unit No. 8 2,800 kilowatts
Total 10,442 kilowatts Total 7,204 kilowatts
Total number of kilowatt-hour retail sales (Glennallen and Valdez combined) in:
1985 1986 1987 45.4 million 43.6 million 43.6 million
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Copper Valley Electric has 34 employees. CVEA is divided into four departments which are under the direction of General Manager Doug Bursey.
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Operations Charles Laughlin Engineering Services Michael Easley Power Production Lowell Highbargin Administration and Finance Robert A. Wilkinson
Copper Valley Electric Association, Inc. is a non-profit electrical utility that is owned by its members. CVEA is guided by eight elected Board of Directors.
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FAIRBANKS MUNICIPAL UTILITIES SYSTEMS (ELECTRIC) AT A GLANCE
1. Fairbanks Municipal Utilities Systems (Electric) City of Fairbanks P.O. Box 2215
Fairbanks, Alaska 99707
Phone: (907) 456-1000
FAX: (907) 456-3920
Made up of 6,239 customers as of December 1987.
Energized in July 1950.
49 miles of distribution lines.
FMUS service area encompasses the City of Fairbanks.
Averages 127.3 consumers per mile of distribution line. 2D WwW FPF YW DN Operates and maintains:
1 distribution substation (Southside)
1 transmission substation (Chena)
8. Total generating capacity of 59.9 megawatts.
9. Generating Facilities:
All generating units are installed at the Chena power site which lies within the City of Fairbanks’ boundaries.
Unit No. Fuel Size Year Type
Chena No. 1 Coal 5,000 KW 1954 Steam Turbine
Chena No. 2 Coal 2,000 KW 1951 Steam Turbine Chena No. 3 Coal 1,500 KW 1951 Steam Turbine Chena No. 5 Coal 20,000 KW 1970 Steam Turbine Chena No. 6 Oil 23,100 KW 1976 Gas Turbine Diesel No. 1 Oil 2,750 KW 1967 Diesel Engine Diesel No. 2 Oil 2,750KW 1968 Diesel Engine Diesel No. 3 Oil 2,750 KW 1969 Diesel Engine
The System’s base load power requirement is supplied by Chena No. 5. Chena units No. 1,2,and 3 are used for intermediate loads. Peak power requirements are supplied by Chena No. 6, Diesel units No. 1,2, and 3, or from purchases over the Anchorage/Fairbanks intertie. The System is operating under a five-year coal supply contract with Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc. that expires July 1, 1993.
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Total number of KWH sold:
1985 1986 1987
146.8 million 145.9 million 149.7 million
Fairbanks Municipal Utilities Systems (Electric) has 49 permanent employees. FMUS is divided into 2 departments which are under the direction of the General Manager Virgil Gillespie.
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Electrical Production Martin Lanum
Electrical Distribution Martin Lanum
FMUS (Electric) is governed by the Fairbanks City Council.
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GOLDEN VALLEY ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. AT A GLANCE
1. Golden Valley Electric Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 71249
Fairbanks, Alaska 99707
Phone: (907) 452-1151 FAX: (907) 452-1151 ext. 533
Incorporated in 1946.
Has over 18,000 member-owners.
Serves 27,402 meter locations.
Operates and maintains 2,006 miles of transmission and distribution lines.
Service extends to the following areas:
Northeast from Fairbanks on the Steese Hi, sie hs Chatanika Lodge. West from Fairbanks 1 mile on the Elliott
East from Fairbanks 25 miles on the Chena F ot cca Road.
South from Fairbanks on the Richardson Highway past Delta Junction to Pump Station #9. East from Delta Junction 30 miles on the Alaska Highway Southwest from Fairbanks 18 miles out the Old Netaaa Highway.
Southwest from Fairbanks on the New Parks Highway to Ester, past Clear Sky Lodge, to Rex Bridge.
South from Healy area to Denali National Park to Cantwell.
Averages 13.7 member-consumers per mile of constructed line.
Operates and maintains:
22 distribution substations 4 transmission substations 3 power plant substations
1 mobile substation
Total generating capacity of 200 megawatts.
Generating Facilities:
Location Size Type
Healy 25 megawatts Steam Turbine Coal (Base)
Healy 1967 2.8 megawatts Diesel (Peaking) North Pole 1976 65 megawatts Combustion Turbine (Base North Pole 1977 65 megawatts Combustion Turbine (Base Zehnder 1971 18 megawatts Combustion Turbine Peaking) Zehnder 1972 18 megawatts Combustion Turbine (Peaking Zehnder 6 megawatts Diesel (Peaking)
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Total number of kilowatt-hour retail sales in:
1985 1986 1987 1988 384 million 405 million 409 million 424 million
Golden Valley mee approximately 180 full-time employees and is divided into five departments which are under the direction of General Manager Mike Kelly.
Department Manager
Administrative Services Robert Hansen Engineering Steve Haagenson Member Service Vayla Colonell Operation Bob Orr Production Frank Abegg
GVEA’s service area is divided into seven geographical districts. The Board of Directors consists of seven elected members, each representing one district.
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HOMER ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. AT A GLANCE
Homer Electric Association, Inc.
3977 Lake Street
Homer, Alaska 99603
Phone: (907) 235-8167 Toll Free No. 1-800-478-8551 FAX: (907) 235-8496
Incorporated in 1945 with 56 original charter members.
Made up of 17,194 consumers.
HEA serves 19,800 meters.
1,967 miles of energized lines.
Distribution service area encompasses: Port Graham north to Seldovia, Homer, Anchor Point, Kasilof, Soldotna, Kenai, and Nikishka.
Averages 10.1 meters per mile of energized line.
Operates and maintains:
13 distribution/transmission substations 1_ mobile substation (This mobile substation is for the joint use of HEA, CEA, ML&P, and MEA)
HEA purchases wholesale power from Chugach Electric Association, Inc.
Peaking generating capacity for HEA is mo ie Sere Electric Generation & — Cooperative (AEG&T). AEG&T is financed and managed by MEA an A.
AEG&T Generating Facilities:
Soldotna No.1, 37.4 megawatts gas fired turbine generator, located five miles from Soldotna on the Sterling Highway.
There is also 2100 kilowatts of standby generation in Seldovia that is owned by HEA.
Total number of kilowatt-hour retail sales in:
1985 1986 1987
383 million 397 million 390.5 million
*Sales for Resale are not included in these figures.
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12. Homer Electric employs 110 oar employees. HEA is divided into 6 departments which are under the direction of General Manager Kent Wick.
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Central Peninsula District Ron Rainey Administration Robert M. Klein Accounting and Finance Thomas H. Keffer Engineering and Operations Thomas S. Small Major Projects Samuel Matthews i Homer District Norman L. Story
13. Homer Electric Association, Inc. is a non-profit electrical utility that is owned by its members. HEA is guided by nine elected Board of Directors.
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KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES (ELECTRIC) AT A GLANCE
Ketchikan Public Utilities (Electric). 2930 Tongass Avenue Ketchikan, Alaska 99901
Phone: (907) 225-1000 FAX: (907) 247-0755
Ketchikan Public Utilities was energized in June 1935.
6,451 consumers as of February 1989.
Approximately 30 miles of transmission lines (34.5 kV and above).
Approximately 50 miles of distribution lines.
The service area for KPU encompasses the Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
Averages 129 consumers per mile of distribution line.
KPU operates and maintains:
9 distribution substations 1 mobile substation
Total generating capacity of 27.3 megawatts.
Ketchikan’s primary source of power is from the state-owned Swan Lake hydro project (installed capacity 22,500 kilowatts). Additional Generating Facilities:
Location Size Type
Ketchikan
Unit No. 3 1.40 megawatts Francis (hydro Unit No. 4 1.40 megawatts Francis (hydro Unit No. 5 1.40 megawatts Francis (hydro
Beaver Falls
Unit No. 1 1.00 megawatts Pelton (hydro Unit No. 3 2.20 megawatts Pelton (hydro Unit No. 4 2.20 megawatts Pelton (hydro
Silvas
Unit No. 1 2.10 megawatts Francis (hydro)
Totem Eight
Unit No. 1 2.10 megawatts Fairbanks Morse (diesel)
S.W. Bailey
Unit No. 1 3.50 megawatts Worthington (cieeel Unit No. 2 3.50 megawatts Worthington (diesel Unit No. 3 6.50 megawatts Colt (diesel)
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Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1985 1986 1987 94.8 million 97.3 million 98.7 million
KPU Electric has 50 employees. Ketchikan Public Utilities which includes electric, telephone, and water, is under Utilities Manager Richard Southworth. John Zidalis is the Electrical Division Superintendent.
Ketchikan Public Utilities is guided by Mayor Ted Ferry and the seven member Ketchikan City Council.
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KODIAK ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. AT A GLANCE
Kodiak Electric Association, Inc. P.O. Box 787
Kodiak, Alaska 99615
Phone: (907) 486-3261 FAX: (907) 486-4812
Kodiak Electric began operation in August 1941.
KEA has 5,244 consumers.
8 miles of transmission lines (69 kV and above).
151 miles of distribution lines.
KEA operates and maintains 19 miles of 138 kV line for the Alaska Power Authority.
The service area for KEA encompasses the City of Kodiak (and immediate surrounding borough area including the U.S. Coast Guard Base), Chiniak,
Pasagshak, and the Port Lions area.
Averages 30 consumers per mile of distribution line.
KEA operates and maintains:
2 transmission substations
4 distribution substations
Kodiak’s primary source of power is from the state-owned Terror Lake hydro project (installed capacity 20,000 kilowatts). Terror Lake is located approximately 25 miles southwest of the City of Kodiak and is operated under contract by Kodiak Electric.
Additional Generating Facilities:
Location Year Size Type
Kodiak
Unit No. 5 1966 2.00 megawatts Internal Combustion Unit No. 6 1966 2.00 megawatts Internal Combustion
Unit No. 7 1968 2.66 megawatts Internal Combustion Unit No. 8 1968 2.00 megawatts Internal Combustion Unit No. 1 1976 2.50 megawatts Internal Combustion Unit No. 2 1976 5.27 megawatts Internal Combustion Unit No. 3 1976 5.27 megawatts Internal Combustion
Unit No. 4 1981 7.07 megawatts Internal Combustion
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Location Year Size Type
Port Lions
Unit No. 1 1968 35 megawatts Internal Combustion Unit No. 2 1968 35 megawatts Internal Combustion Unit No. 3 1970 .20 megawatts Internal Combustion Unit No. 4 1975 .20 megawatts Internal Combustion
Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1985 1986 1987 78.9 million 83.9 million 94.6 million
KEA has 55 employees. Kodiak Electric is divided into three departments under General Manager David S. Nease, Jr.
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Finance & Office Services Mary McFarland Power Production William Eberhardt Engineering & Operations Edwin Kozak
Kodiak Electric is a non-profit electrical utility that is owned by its members. KEA is guided by nine elected Board of Directors.
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Matanuska Electric Association, Inc. 163 East Industrial Way
P.O. Box 2929
Palmer, Alaska 99645
Phone: (907) 745-3231 FAX: (907) 745-9328 Incorporated in 1941.
Made up of 27,892 consumers.
30,441 services are in place.
2,465 miles of distribution lines.
Service area:
Total service area covers 3,360 square miles stretching from Petersville to Sutton,
west to east, and Eagle River to Talkeetna, south to north, including Point MacKenzie.
Averages 11.32 consumers per mile of distribution line.
MEA purchases wholesale power from Chugach Electric Association, Inc.
Operates and maintains:
18 distribution substations 1 transmission substation
1 mobile substation (This mobile substation is for the joint use of MEA, CEA, ML&P, and HEA)
Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1985 1986 1987 1988
433.3 million 418.6 million 403.6 million 410.6 million
Matanuska Electric employs 138 full-time employees. MEA is divided into three
departments which are under the direction of acting General Manager Kenneth E. Ritchey.
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Electric Operations J.F. "Mac" McIntosh Engineering Services Kenneth E. Ritchey Administrative Services John Parker
MEA owns and operates the electrical system in Unalakleet through the Unalakleet Valley Electric Cooperative.
Matanuska Electric Association, Inc. is a non-profit electrical utility that is owned by its members. MEA is guided by seven elected Board of Directors.
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10. eT sey sta lisence SEWARD ELECTRIC SYSTEM AT A GLANCE
Seward Electric System P.O. Box 167
Seward, Alaska 99664
Phone: (907) 224-3331 FAX: (907) 224-3248
The municipal electric system was founded in the late 1930's.
Made up of 1,900 consumers.
Approximately 50 miles of transmission lines are in place.
Approximately 50 miles of distribution lines are in place.
Service area:
Mile 24 of the Seward Highway south on the Seward Highway to Resurrection Bay.
Averages approximately 38 consumers per mile of distribution line.
Operates and maintains:
2 distribution substations 1 transmission substation
Total generating capacity of 10,650 kilowatts.
Generating Facilities:
There are five generators located at the Seward Substation.
Unit Year Size Type
No. 1 1964 1500 kilowatts ALCO 16 cylinder diesel No. 2 1964 1500 kilowatts | ALCO 16 cylinder diesel No. 3 1980 2500 kilowatts EMD 20 cylinder diesel No. 4 1984 2500 kilowatts EMD 20 cylinder diesel No. 5 1984 2500 kilowatts EMD 20 cylinder diesel
SES also has a mini hydro project (150 kilowatts).
Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1985 1986 1987 33.1 million 33.3 million 33.9 million
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Seward Electric System employs 12 full-time employees. SES is divided into two departments which are under the direction of the City Manager Max Royle.
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Engineering and Utilities Everett P. Diener Finance Rick Griffith
Seward Electric ee municipal electrical utility is owned and Soe by the
City of Seward. SES is guided by the City Council and Mayor, Harry E. Giesler.
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