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Selected Alaskan | Electric Utilities
i At a Glance
August 1991
This publication is a joint effort between the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) 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 eAetee the Alaska Energy Authority, P.O. Box 190869, Anchorage, Alaska 99519 or by
calling (907) 561+7877.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER (AEL&P). ALASKA ENERGY AUTHORITY (AEA)... ALASKA POWER ADMINISTRATION (APA
ALASKA POWER & TELEPHONE (AP&T).01.:«
ALASKA VILLAGE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. (AVEC).
ANCHORAGE MUNICIPAL LIGHT & POWER (ML&P) BARROW UTILITIES & ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. (BU&EC) . BETHEL UTILITIES CORPORATION (BUC) .sessssesssen
CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. (Chugach)
COPPER VALLEY ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. (CVEA).
CORDOVA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. (CEC) sssssssee
FAIRBANKS MUNICIPAL UTILITIES SYSTEMS (ELECTRIC) (FMUS)
GOLDEN VALLEY ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. (GVEA)
HAINES LIGHT & POWER COMPANY, INC. (HL&P)
HOMER ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. (HEA)
KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES (ELECTRIC) (KPU).
KODIAK ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. (KEA)....
KOTZEBUE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. (KTEA) .
MATANUSKA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. (MEA)...
NAKNEK ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. (NEA) .
NOME JOINT UTILITY SYSTEMS (NJUS) NUSHAGAK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. (NEC) PETERSBURG MUNICIPAL POWER & LIGHT (PMP&L) SEWARD ELECTRIC SYSTEM (SES)...
SITKA, CITY AND BOROUGH OF, ELECTRIC DEPT. (SITK)....
TLINGIT-HAIDA REGIONAL ELECTRICAL AUTHORITY (THREA)...
WRANGELL MUNICIPAL LIGHT & POWER (WML&P) cosssssssssssssssssnsssssssssssessssssssnesssssnsssassneesnee
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: ALASKA ELECTRIC GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION
COOPERATIVE, ING CEG eee eee ee ee aisdletell erential 59
ALASKA RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, INC.
NORTH AMERICAN ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL (NERC).
NORTHWEST PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION (NWPPA)..
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION (REA)
STATE OF ALASKA, ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
THOMAS BAY POWER AUTHORITY (TBPA).
RAILBELT ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICE AREAS MAP
ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER AT A GLANCE
1. Alaska Electric Light and Power Company 612 W. Willoughby Avenue
Juneau, Alaska 99801-1798
Phone: (907) 586-2222
FAX: (907) 463-3304
2. Began Operation in 1893. » Glacier Highway Electric Association merged with Alaska Electric Light and Power
on December 1, 1988.
12,170 consumers as of December 1990.
48.5 miles of transmission lines (23 kV and above).
150 miles of distribution lines (23 kV and below).
The service area for AEL&P is the City and Borough of Juneau.
Averages 81.13 consumers per mile of distribution line. So eNn aM. > Operates and maintains: 10 distribution substations
10. | AEL&P purchases wholesale power for their baseload requirements from the federally owned Snettisham hydroelectric facility (78 megawatts). They own additional generating capacity of 82 megawatts.
11. AEL&P Generating Facilities:
Location Year Size Type
Annex Creek Hydro
Unit No. 5 1915 1.70 megawatts Pelton Water Wheel Unit No. 6 1915 1.70 megawatts Pelton Water Wheel
* Upper Salmon Creek Hydro
Unit No. 1 1914 1.40 megawatts Pelton Water Wheel Unit No. 2 1914 1.40 megawatts Pelton Water Wheel
* Lower Salmon Creek Hydro
Unit No. 3 1984 5.60 megawatts Gilkes Turgo Impulse Wheel
* Note - Upper Salmon Creek and Lower Salmon Creek cannot operate at the same time.
*
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13.
14.
Gold Creek ~
Unit No. 2 1904 .40 megawatts Pelton Water Wheel (Hydro) Unit No. 3 1904 .40 megawatts Pelton Water Wheel (Hydro Unit No. 1 1952 .80 megawatts Pelton Water Wheel Hedro) Unit No. 3 1952 1.25 megawatts Enterprise Diesel Unit No. 4 1954 1.25 megawatts Enterprise Diesel Unit No. 5 1963 1.20 megawatts Enterprise Diesel Unit No. 8 1966 1.00 megawatts Enterprise Diesel Unit No. 7 1961 3.50 megawatts Enterprise Diesel
Lemon Creek
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
Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in: 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 215.2 million 206.9 million 206.9 million 249.9 million 259.5 million
AEL&P has 51 employees. AEL&P is divided into four departments under President/General Manager James S. Webb.
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Transmission/Distribution Tim McLeod Generation Corry V. Hildenbrand
Consumer Affairs Peter Bibb Administration Stephen Crapo
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 ENERGY AUTHORITY AT A GLANCE
ih Alaska Energy Authority Phone: (907) 561-7877 701 East Tudor Road FAX: (907) 561-8584 ~ P.O. Box 190869
Anchorage, Alaska 99519
Alaska Energy Authority Phone: (907) 465-3575 Department of Commerce FAX: (907) 465-3767 and Economic Development P.O. Box D
Juneau, Alaska 99811
2. Alaska Energy Authority (previously the Alaska Power Authority) was established by + the Alaska Legislature in 1976 to help provide affordable electric power for residents
of the state. The agency constructs, finances, and operates power projects,
administers loan programs, and provides technical assistance to Alaskan | ||P communities and utilities.
3. Alaska Energy Authority supplies wholesale power to utilities. Four hydroelectric facilities owned by the Energy Authority ee power for five utilities and are collectively referred to as the Four Dam Pool:
7 Swan Lake Hydro, 22.5 MW Tyee Lake Hydro, 20 MW
Terror Lake Hydro, 20 MW
Solomon Gulch Hydro, 12 MW
Ketchikan Public Utilities
eee Municipal Power and Light/ Wrangell Municipal Light and Power
Kodiak Electric Association, Inc.
Copper Valley Electric Association, Inc.
Alaska Energy Authority has also constructed the Bradley Lake Hydroelectric — (nominal rating of 90 MW). This project will ey, a, to eee lectric Association, Inc., Anchorage Municipal Light and Power, Golden alley
Electric Association, Inc., City of Seward, and Alaska Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative, Inc. Bradley Lake Hydroelectric oe is scheduled on line in September 1991. Annual production is estimated at 3
hours.
million kilowatt-
4. AEA operates and maintains 442.4 miles of transmission lines. The 170 mile Anchorage-Fairbanks Intertie transferred a record 244,632 megawatt-hours during FY 1990 (7/1/89 to 6/30/90).
5. Total net generation (kwh) for the Four Dam Pool hydroelectric projects:
1986 1987
223.4 million
1988 1989 1990
224.1 million 256.1 million 256.0 million 277.7 million
6. Alaska Energy Authority currently has 70 employees. AEA is divided into four departments under the direction of Charlie Bussell, Executive Director.
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DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR
Facilities Operations and Engineering Stanley E. Sieczkowski Rural Programs David Denig-Chakroff Accounting and Administration Gloria Manni Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project David R. Eberle il
ihe Alaska Energy Authority is a public corporation of the State of Alaska governed by a
seven member Board of Directors.
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ALASKA POWER ADMINISTRATION AT A GLANCE
Alaska Power Administration Eklutna Project: U.S. Department of Energy 4 mile Old Glenn Hwy
2770 Sherwood Lane HC02, Box 7785
Suite 2B Palmer Alaska 99645
i Juneau, Alaska 99801 Phone: (907) 745-3931
Phone: (907) 586-7405 FAX: cor 745-6110 FAX: {07 586-7270
2. Alaska Power Administration was established in 1967 as a unit of the USS.
Department of the Interior. Alaska Power Administration became a unit of the U.S.
a Department of Energy in 1977.
3. 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.
ul 4. Operates and maintains:
4 transmission substations
i 5. 89 miles of transmission lines (115 kV and above).
6. Total Generating Capacity:
Snettisham: 78.21 megawatts (near Juneau) Mike Deihl, Project Mgr.
Eklutna: 30.00 __ megawatts (near Palmer) Tom Wilde, Project Mgr. Total Capacity: 108.21 megawatts
i Total number of kilowatt-hour sales for resale:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 331.0 million 333.0 million 379.2 million 382.6 million 432.1 million
8. Alaska Power Administration currently has 34 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 & TELEPHONE AT A GLANCE
i 1. Alaska Power & Telephone Alaska Power & Telephone
P.O. Box 222 or P.O. Box 459
Port Townsend, Washington 98368 Skagway, Alaska 99840
Phone: (907) 983-2202 FAX: (907) 983-2903
i 2. Alaska Power and Telephone provides electrical power to four communities in
Alaska; Skagway, Tok/Dot Lake/Tanacross, Hydaburg, and Craig/Klawock.
3; The following statistics are provided for each of the four communities:
Tok/Dot Lake/
j Skagway Tanacross Hydaburg Craig/Klawock
Year Purchased 1957 1960 1964 1963
No. of Customers 532 593 167 617
Miles of distribution 10 30 5 10 Consumers/mile
Am distribution 53.2 19.8 33.4 61.7
Distribution
substations 0 1 0 1
i - Alaska Power and Telephone owns a 32 mile transmission line (7.2 kV) connecting
Tanacross and Dot Lake. AP&T also leases a 10 mile transmission line from Alaska
A Energy Authority. This 10 mile (12.5 kV) line connects Craig and Klawock.
5. Generating Facilities:
i Location Year Size Type
Skagway
) Hydro Unit No. 1 1909 .10 megawatts Pelton Water Wheel
Unit No. 2 1909 .35 megawatts Pelton Water Wheel
Unit No. 3 1981 .30 megawatts Pelton Water Wheel
Unit No. 4 1987 .20 megawatts Cornell Pump-Turbine
Diesel Unit No. 6 1986 .86 megawatts Cat D3512 Unit No. 7 1969 .20 megawatts Fairbanks-Morse
\ Unit No. 8 1970 .30 megawatts Fairbanks-Morse
Unit No. 9 1976 1.25 megawatts Fairbanks-Morse
Unit No. 10 1980 1.25 megawatts Fairbanks-Morse
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Location
Tok (Diesel
Unit No. 1
Unit No. 2
Unit No. 3 Unit No. 4
Unit No. 5
Unit No. 6
Unit No. 7
Unit No. 8
Unit No. 9
Year
1960 1960 1961 1989 1970 1977 1983 1985 1985
Hydaburg (Diesel)
Unit No. 1
Unit No. 2
Unit No. 3
Unit No. 4 Unit No. 5
Craig (Diesel
Unit No. 1
Unit No. 2
Unit No. 3
Unit No. 4 Unit No. 5 Unit No. 6
1990 1982 1983 1979 1985
1984 1978 1979 1981 1987 1989
Size
.20 megawatts .20 megawatts .30 megawatts 1.13 megawatts .30 megawatts .97 megawatts 1.25 megawatts
.44 megawatts
.93 megawatts
.38 megawatts
.09 megawatts
.30 megawatts RETIRED .33 megawatts
.68 megawatts .30 megawatts .30 megawatts .30 megawatts 1.13 megawatts
1.13 megawatts
Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
Type
Fairbanks-Morse
Fairbanks-Morse
Fairbanks-Morse
Cat D3516
Fairbanks-Morse
Fairbanks-Morse
Fairbanks-Morse
Cat D3508
Cat D3516
Cat D3412 Cat D17000 Cat D353
Cat D3412
Cat D3512
Cat D353
Fairbanks-Morse
Fairbanks-Morse Cat D3516
Cat D3516 i)
Hydaburg Craig/Klawock
1.1 million 4.8 million
1.2 million 5.0 million
1.3 million 7.8 million
1.2 million 8.5 million
1.2 million 9.4 million
Alaska Power and Telephone, a private corporation, has 30 employees in Alaska.
Tok/Dot Lake/
Year Skagway Tanacross
1986 4.8 million 7.1 million
1987 5.6 million 7.0 million 1988 6.3 million 7.4 million
1989 7.0 million 7.6 million
1990 7.5 million 7.8 million
Alan See is Operations Manager.
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ALASKA VILLAGE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. AT A GLANCE
1} Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc. 4831 Eagle Street Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Phone: (907) 561-1818
FAX: (907) 561-2388
Zs Incorporated in 1967.
3: Made up of 5,261 consumers as of December 31, 1990.
4. Approximately 281 miles of distribution line (55% overhead and 45% underground).
2: Alaska Village Electric Cooperative provides electric power for the following
communities:
Village Members/Consumers Village Members/Consumers
Alakanuk 125 New Stuyahok 94
Ambler 102 Noatak 91
Andreafski 50 Noorvik 129
Anvik 49 Nulato 127
Chevak 162 Nunapitchuk 113
Eek 88 Old Harbor 124
Elim 87 Pilot Station 124
Emmonak 200 Pitkas Point 44
Gambell 150 Quinhagak 143
Goodnews Bay 83 Russian Mission 64
Grayling 78 St. Marys 122
Holy Cross 110 St. Michael 85
Hooper Bay 207 Savoonga 151
Huslia 80 Scammon Bay 109
Kalskag (Upper) 57 Selawik 159
Kalta 78 Shageluk 45
Kasigluk 110 Shaktoolik 71
Kiana 126 Shishmaref 144
Kivalina 79 Shungnak 82
Koyuk 94 Stebbins 103
Lower Kalskag 77 Togiak 185
Marshall 91 Toksook Bay 111
Mekoryuk 103 Tununak 97
Minto 85 Wales 58
Mt. Village _ 215 at Total 5,261
6. Averages 18.7 consumers per mile of distribution line.
ie Total generating capacity for all plants is approximately 28 megawatts.
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8. Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1987 1988 1989 1990 31.3 million 33.7 million 35.9 million 36.7 million
9. AVEC employs 61 people. AVEC is divided into six departments under the i direction of General Manager, Loyd M. Hodson.
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Logistics David M. Brennan Operations and Maintenance John Lyons
ember Services Georgia G. Shaw
Construction/Work Control Don Pitts
Finance and Control Patricia Stephenson Engineering Mark E. Teitzel
10. Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a non-profit electrical utility that is owned by its members. AVEC is guided by seven elected Board of Directors. f
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ANCHORAGE MUNICIPAL LIGHT & POWER AT A GLANCE
1 Anchorage Municipal Light and Power
1200 East First Avenue
7 Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Phone: COR 279-7671 FAX: (907) 276-2961 or 277-9272
Ds Began Operation in 1932.
3. Averaged 28,866 customers in 1990.
4. 23.97 miles of transmission lines (115 kV and above).
2: 370.2 miles of distribution lines (34.5 kV and below). Total distribution miles consists
of 46% overhead lines and 54% underground lines.
6. Service area nnn Bee map page 67):
Downtown Anchorage; area north of Tudor Road and west of Boniface
Parkway.
7. Averages 78 consumers per mile of distribution line.
8. Operates and maintains:
19 distribution substations
2 transmission substations
1 mobile substation (This mobile substation is for the joint use of ML&P,
Chugach, MEA, and HEA)
9. Total generating capacity of 299.3 megawatts at ambient temperature =60°F.
10. Generating Facilities
Location Year Size Type Fuel
Plant 1 Unit No. 1 1962 14.0 megawatts Combustion Turbine NG/ #1 Oil
~ Unit No. 2 1964 14.0 megawatts Combustion Turbine NG/ #1 Oil
Unit No. 3 1968 17.7 megawatts Combustion Turbine NG/ #1 Oil
; Unit No. 4 1972 31.1 megawatts Combustion Turbine NG/ #1 Oil
Diesels 2.6 megawatts Diesels #1 Oil
Plant 2 Unit No. 5 1974 33.8 megawatts Combustion Turbine NG/#1 Oil
Unit No. 6* 1978/1981 34.0 megawatts Waste heat/Steam Waste
Turbine Heat
Unit No. 7 1979 74.4 megawatts Combustion Turbine NG/#1 Oil
i Unit No. 8 1984 77.7 megawatts Combustion Turbine NG/#1 Oil
* Unit No. 6 has two boilers that were installed in two different years. Waste heat
from units 5 and 7 power this unit.
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11. Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
817.2 million 789.1 million 757.0 million 774.7 million 792.4 million
12. ML&P employs 208 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 Doug Hall (Acting)
Systems and Communication Butch Richner ustomer Service Budd Goodyear Engineering Moe Aslam (acting)
Finance Laurie Prentice
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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vv BARROW UTILITIES & ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. AT A GLANCE
i I Barrow Utilities & Electric Cooperative, Inc. Physical Address: Pouch 4449 1295 Agvik Street
Barrow, Alaska 99723 Barrow, Alaska 99723
| Phone: (907) 852-6166 FAX: (907) 852-6372
2: Began operation in 1964.
3: Averaged 1,357 customers during 1990.
4. Approximately 15 miles of distribution line.
by The service area for Barrow Utilities includes the village of Barrow and the Barrow gas fields.
6. Averages 90 customers per mile of distribution line.
ts Generating Facilities:
4 Location Year Size Type
Barrow Power Plant (Natural Gas)
f Unit No. 1 1977 2.50 megawatts Centaur Unit No. 2 1981 2.50 megawatts Centaur Unit No. 3 1983 2.50 megawatts Centaur Unit No. 4 1982 .75 megawatts Saturn Unit No. 5 1982 .75 megawatts Saturn
| 8. Total number kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 27.8 million 29.5 million 30.9 million 31.9 million 33.6 million
9. Barrow Utilities & Electric Cooperative is owned collectively by its members. There are 45 employees under the direction of General Manager, James R. Caress. Barrow Utilities and Electric Cooperative, Inc. provides water, gas, electric, and sewer services for its members.
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i BETHEL UTILITIES CORPORATION AT A GLANCE
ik. Bethel Utilities Corporation
3380 "C" Street, Suite 210
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Phone: (907) 562-2500 FAX: (907) 562-2502
2: Began operation in 1972.
Sh Averaged 1,784 customers during 1990.
\ 4. Approximately 25 miles of distribution line.
Ds The service area for Bethel Utilities encompasses the City of Bethel.
6. Averages 71.4 consumers per mile of distribution line.
7. Generating Facilities:
Location Size Type
Bethel Power Plant
Unit No.1 2.10 megawatts EMD
Unit No.2 2.10 megawatts EMD Unit No.3 2.10 megawatts EMD Unit No.4 2.10 megawatts EMD Unit No.6 2.10 megawatts EMD
8. Total number kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
25.3 million 25.9 million 28.0 million 27.9 million 28.5 million
9. Bethel Utilities is a privately owned corporation employing apoeaertely 20 people. There are 3 Board of Directors for the corporation; Harold Borrego (President),
Edward Tilbury (Vice President), and Thomas Sterrett (Controller).
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CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. AT A GLANCE
1. Chugach Electric Association, Inc. Physical Address:
P.O. Box 196300 5601 Minnesota Drive
Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6300 Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6300
Phone: (907) 563-7494
FAX: (907) 562-0027
Incorporated on March 1, 1948.
Averaged 60,901 customers in 1990; approximately 46,600 members.
1,878 miles of energized line.
1,484 miles of distribution line of which approximately 36% are underground. NES eS Distribution service area encompasses (see map page 67):
a Anchorage os of Tudor Road and east of Boniface Parkway)
The Upper Kenai Peninsula area City of Whittier Village of Tyonek
7. Averages 32.4 consumers per mile of energized line (41.0 consumers per mile of distribution line).
8. Operates and maintains:
A 22 distribution substations 12 transmission substations 1 mobile substation (This mobile substation is for the joint use of Chugach, ML&P, MEA, and HEA)
9. Total generating capacity of 514.2 megawatts (at 30°F).
10. Generating Facilities:
Location Year Size Classification
; Beluga No. 1 1968 17.2 megawatts Peaking
No. 2 1968 16.3 megawatts Peaking
No. 3 1972 62.4 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 1981 55.0 megawatts Base Total 374.1 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 generated steam from units 6 and 7 powers unit 8.
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Location Year
Bernice Lake
No. 1 1963 No. 2 1971
No. 3 1978 No. 4 1981
Total
Size
7.8 megawatts 19.0 megawatts 24.0 megawatts 24.0 megawatts 74.8 megawatts
Classification
Peaking Peaking
Intermediate
Intermediate
Located on North Kenai Road on the Kenai Peninsula.
Combustion turbines. Fueled by natural gas, but convertible to fuel oil.
International
No. 1 1964
No. 2 1965 No. 3 1969
Total
14.5 megawatts 15.1 megawatts
18.5 megawatts 48.1 megawatts
Peaking Peaking Peaking
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 on the shore of Kenai Lake near Cooper Landing on the Kenai Peninsula. A Hydro turbines.
ugach's only hydroelectric generation facility.
11. Total number of kilowatt-hour retail sales in:
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 960 million 918 million 866 million 894 million 912million 927 million
Sales for resale are not included in these figures.
12. Chugach has 361 budgeted peitions for 1991. Chugach is under the direction of |. General Manager, David L
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Executive Staff David L. Highers Employee Relations Mary Tesch | General Counsel Carol Johnson & Don Edwards Administration William Stewart Finance and Planning Joe Griffith Operating Division Gene Bjornstad Production Division Ray Olson Operations Division Lee Thibert - Engineering Division Michael Massin
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13. Chugach is a non-profit electrical cooperative 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 desea 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
i cope Valley Electric Association, Inc. Physical Address: P.O. Box 45 Mile 187 Glenn Highway, School Road
Glennallen, Alaska 99588 Glennallen, Alaska 995
Phone: Glennallen (907) 822-3211 Valdez (907) 835-4301 FAX: (907)822-5586
2. Incorporated in May 1955. CVEA began Glennallen operations in 1959 and Valdez
operations in 1964.
q 3: Glennallen averaged 1,080 customers ry ann Valdez averaged 1,606 customers
during 1990. Total CVEA customers = 2,686.
4. 329.3 miles of distribution line.
Ds Distribution service area extends from (see map page 67):
Alyeska Pipeline mainline refrigeration site number 1, Mile 156 Richardson Highway
south to mile 62.
Valdez north to mile 12 on the Richardson Highway.
81 miles east on the Glenn Highway from Sheep Mountain to north of the Tok
cutoff. Approximate ly 20 miles east on the Edgerton Highway towards Chitna.
105 miles of transmission line from Valdez north to substation 11 in Glennallen.
6. Averages 8.1 meters per mile of energized line.
Us Operates and maintains:
2 distribution substations 4 transmission substations (owned by the State of Alaska)
8. Copper Valley's primary source of power is from the state-owned Solomon Gulch
hydroelectric project (installed capacity 12 megawatts). There are also two diesel
plants.
Glennallen Valdez
Location Size Location Size
Unit No. 1 .32 megawatts Unit No. 1 .60 megawatts
Unit No. 2 .32 megawatts Unit No. 2 .60 megawatts
Unit No. 3 .56 megawatts Unit No. 3 .60 megawatts
Unit No. 4 .60 megawatts Unit No. 4 1.83 megawatts
Unit No. 5 .60 megawatts Unit No. 5 2.62 megawatts
Unit No. 6 2.62 megawatts Unit No. 6 .96 megawatts
Unit No. 7 2.62 megawatts Unit No. 7 2.80 megawatts
Total 7.64 megawatts Total 10.01 megawatts
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9. Total number of kilowatt-hour retail sales (Glennallen and Valdez combined) in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
43.6 million 43.6 million 44.6 million 51.8 million 52.9 million
10. | Copper Valley Electric has 35 employees. CVEA is divided into four departments
which are under the direction of General Manager, Doug Bursey.
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Engineering Services Michael Easley
Administration and Finance Robert A. Wilkinson
11. Copper Valley Electric Association, Inc. is a non-profit electrical utility that is owned R
by its members. CVEA is guided by eight elected Board of Directors.
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CORDOVA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. AT A GLANCE
1. Cordova Electric Cooperative, Inc. Physical Address:
P.O. Box 20 705 2nd Street
Cordova, Alaska 99574 Cordova, Alaska 99574
Phone: (907) 424-5555 FAX: (907) 424-5527
2. Began Operation in 1978.
| 3. Averaged 1,566 customers in 1990.
4. Approximately 46.5 miles of distribution line.
2s The service area for Cordova Electric encompasses the city of Cordova.
6. Averages 34 customers per mile of distribution line.
7. Cordova Electric operates and maintains:
2 distribution substations
8. Generating Facilities:
a Location Year Size Type Fuel
Eyak Power Plant Unit No. 1 1970 1.90 megawatts Enterprise #2 Diesel
Unit No. 2 1973 2.65 megawatts Enterprise #2 Diesel
Unit No. 7 1960 .60 megawatts GMC #2 Diesel
Unit No. 8 1961 .75 megawatts GMC #2 Diesel
Orca Power Plant Unit No. 3 1978 2.50 megawatts EMD #2 Diesel
Unit No. 4 1984 2.40 megawatts Fairbanks Morse #2 Diesel
Humpback Creek Hydroelectric Unit No. 1 1991 .50 megawatts Francis
Unit No. 2 1991 .50 megawatts Francis
Unit No. 3 1991 .25 megawatts Turgo
9. Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
17.7 million 19.0 million 20.6 million 20.8 million 21.6 million
10. Cordova has 18 employees under the direction of General Manager, James Roberts.
11. | Cordova Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a non-profit electrical utility that is owned by its
members.
.
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FAIRBANKS MUNICIPAL UTILITIES SYSTEMS (ELECTRIC) AT A GLANCE
1, Na YF Y N Fairbanks Municipal Utilities Systems (Electric) City of Fairbanks 1204 First Avenue P.O. Box 72215 Fairbanks, Alaska 99707
Phone: (907) 456-1000 FAX: (907) 456-3920
Made up of 5,988 customers as of December 1990.
Energized in July 1950.
49 miles of distribution line.
FMUS service area encompasses the City of Fairbanks (see map page 67).
Averages 122.2 consumers per mile of distribution line.
_ Operates and maintains:
1 distribution substation (Southside) 1 transmission substation (Chena)
Total generating capacity of 51.6 megawatts.
Generating Facilities:
All generating units are installed at the Chena power site which lies within the City of Fairbanks' boundaries.
Location Year Size Type
Chena
Unit No. 1 1954 5.0 megawatts Steam Turbine (coal Unit No. 2 1951 2.0 megawatts Steam Turbine (coal Unit No. 3 1951 1.5 megawatts Steam Turbine (coal Unit No. 5 1970 20.0 megawatts Steam Turbine (coal Unit No. 6 1976 23.1 megawatts Gas Turbine (oil)
The System's base load power requirement is ~— by Chena No. 5. Chena units No. 1, 2, and 3 are used for intermediate loads. Emergency power requirements are supplied by Chena No. 6, or from purchases over the Anchorage/Fairbanks intertie. The —— is operating under a a" coal supply contract with Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc. that expires February 15, 1999.
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10. Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 145.9 million 149.7 million 138.7 million 145.9 million 154.6 million
11. Fairbanks Municipal Utilities Systems cee ) has 40 permanent ry “he FMUS is divided into 2 aecarenents which are under the direction of General Manager, Virgil Gillespie.
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Electrical Production Vacant
Electrical Distribution Vacant
12. | FMUS (Electric) is governed by the Fairbanks City Council.
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GOLDEN VALLEY ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. AT A GLANCE
i Golden Valley Electric Association, Inc. Physical Address:
P.O. Box 71249 758 Illinois
Fairbanks, Alaska 99707 Fairbanks, Alaska 99707
Phone: (907) 452-1151
FAX: Member Services 907) 451-5680 Admin. Sves./General Manager 907) 451-5633
Engineering 907) 451-5638
Incorporated in 1946.
Has over 18,000 member-owners.
Serves 27,708 meter locations.
Operates and maintains 2,039 miles of transmission and distribution line. Nn Ww PF YN Service extends to the following areas (see map page 67):
Northeast from Fairbanks on the Steese Hi he y to Chatanika Lodge. West from Fairbanks 1 mile on the Elliott Le East from Fairbanks 25 miles on the Chena Hot Springs 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 Nenana 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.
its Averages 13.6 member-consumers per mile of constructed line.
8. Operates and maintains:
22 distribution substations 4 transmission substations
3 power plant substations
9. Total generating capacity; approximately 190 megawatts.
10. Generating Facilities:
Location Size Type Fuel
Heal 25 megawatts Steam Turbine Coal North Pole 1976 60 megawatts Combustion Turbine Oil North Pole 1977 60 megawatts Combustion Turbine Oil Zehnder 1971 18 megawatts Combustion Turbine Oil Zehnder 1972 18 megawatts Combustion Turbine Oil Zehnder 6 megawatts Diesel Oil
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1. Total number of kilowatt-hour retail sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
405 million 409 million 424 million 445 million 461 million
12. Golden Valley employs 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 Operations Robert Orr Production Frank Abegg
13. Golden Valley Electric Association, Inc. is a non-profit electrical utility that is owned lla members. GVEA's service area is divided into seven geographical districts. e Board of Directors consists of seven elected members, each representing one
district.
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HAINES LIGHT & POWER COMPANY, INC. AT A GLANCE
1. Haines Light & Power Company, Inc. Physical Address: P.O. Box 130 259 Main Street
Haines, Alaska 99827 Haines, Alaska 99827
Phone: (907) 766-2331 FAX: (907) 766-2384
2. Began operation in 1952.
3. Averaged 834 customers in 1990.
4. Approximately 5 miles of transmission line (34.5 kV and above).
os Approximately 30 miles of distribution line (14.9 kV and below).
6. The service area for Haines Light and Power Company, Inc. is the city of Haines and
surrounding areas.
u. 7. Haines Light and Power Company, Inc. operates and maintains:
| 2 distribution substations
8. Generation Facilities:
Year
Location Installed Size Type
Haines Plant (Diesel #2)
Unit No. 1 1969 .60 megawatts Caterpillar Unit No. 3 1985 .80 megawatts Caterpillar
Unit No. 4 1970 2.07 megawatts Fairbanks-Morse
Unit No. 5 1989 1.13 megawatts Caterpillar
Haines Light & Power also purchases power from the Haines Lumber Mill; site of a
4 megawatt wood - fired steam turbine.
9. Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
7.9 million 8.2 million 8.3 million 8.7 million 9.5 million
10. Haines Light and Power is a a owned corporation comoving 3 people. There
are five Board of Directors for the corporation; Andrew Eggen ora aga Manager),
Thomas Quinlan, Corry Hildebrand, William Corbus, and James Webb.
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HOMER ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. AT A GLANCE
1. Homer Electric Association, Inc.
3977 Lake Street
Homer, Alaska 99603
Phone: Con 235-8167 Toll Free No. 1-800-478-8551 FAX: (907) 235-3313
2. Incorporated in 1945 with 56 original charter members.
Ss Averaged 17,884 customers during 1990.
4. HEA serves 20,038 meters.
5. 239 miles of transmission lines (115 kV).
6. 1,758 mile of distribution lines (24.9 kV and below).
a Distribution service area encompasses (see map page 67):
Port Graham north to Seldovia, Homer, Anchor Point, Ninilchik, Kasilof, Soldotna,
Sterling, Kenai, and Nikiski.
8. Averages 10.2 customers per mile of distribution line.
9. Operates and maintains:
13 distribution/transmission substations 1 mobile substation (This mobile substation is for the joint use of HEA, Chugach, ML&P, and MEA)
10. | HEA purchases wholesale power from Chugach Electric Association, Inc.
11. Peaking generating capacity for HEA is supplied by Alaska Electric Generation &
Transmission Cooperative (AEG&T). AEG&T is financed and managed by MEA
and HEA.
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 2.10 megawatts of standby generation in Seldovia that is owned by
HEA.
12. Total number of kilowatt-hour retail sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
397 million 390.5 million 397.9 million 397.7 million 389.2 million
Sales for resale are not included in these figures.
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13. Homer Electric employs 105 regular employees. HEA is divided into 2 departments which are under the direction of General Manager Norman L. Story.
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Exec. Mgr. of Administration Robert M. Klein Exec. Mgr. of Engineering & Operations David Fair
14. 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
1. 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.
Averaged 6,664 customers in 1990.
Approximately 30 miles of transmission lines (34.5 kV and above).
Approximately 50 miles of distribution line.
The service area for KPU encompasses the Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
Averages 133 consumers per mile of distribution line. So) FS) eee Se tS KPU operates and maintains:
9 distribution substations
1 mobile substation
9. Total generating capacity of 27.15 megawatts.
10. Ketchikan's primary source of power is from the state-owned Swan Lake hydro
project (installed capacity 22.5 megawatts).
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)
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Totem Bight
Unit No. 1 2.00 megawatts Fairbanks Morse (diesel)
S.W. Bailey
Unit No. 1 3.50 megawatts Worthington (diesel
Unit No. 2 3.50 megawatts Worthington (diesel Unit No. 3 6.45 megawatts Colt (diesel)
11. Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
97.3 million 98.7 million 108.5 million 123.2 million 127.3 million
12. KPU Electric has 53 employees. Ketchikan Public Utilities which includes electric,
telephone, and water, is under Utilities Manager Thomas Stevenson. Tom Wagonner is the Electrical Division Superintendent.
13. Ketchikan Public Utilities is guided by Mayor Ted Ferry and the seven member Ketchikan City Council Advisory Board.
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KODIAK ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. AT A GLANCE
1 Kodiak Electric Association, Inc. Physical Address: P.O. Box 787 515 Marine Way
Kodiak, Alaska 99615 Kodiak, Alaska 99615
Phone: (907) 486-7700 FAX: (907) 486-7720 or 486-7740
2. Kodiak Electric began operation in August 1941.
3. KEA has 5,133 consumers as of December 1990.
4. 8 miles of transmission line (69 kV and above).
Ss 212 miles of distribution line.
6. KEA operates and maintains 19 miles of 138 kV line for the Alaska Energy
Authority.
as The service area for KEA encompasses the ii. of Kodiak (and immediate
surrounding a area including the U.S. ast Guard Base), Chiniak,
Pasagshak, and the Port Lions area.
8. Averages 24 consumers per mile of distribution line.
oO; KEA operates and maintains:
2 transmission substations
4 distribution substations
10. Kodiak's primary source of power is from the state-owned Terror Lake hydro project
(installed er ae 20 megawatts). 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 Fuel
Swa cres
Unit No. 6 1966 2.00 megawatts InternalCombustion #2 Diesel
Unit No. 7 1966 2.00 megawatts InternalCombustion #2 Diesel
Unit No. 8 1968 2.66 megawatts InternalCombustion #2 Diesel
Unit No. 9 1968 2.00 megawatts InternalCombustion #2 Diesel
Kodiak
Unit No. 1 1976 2.50 megawatts InternalCombustion #2 Diesel
Unit No. 2 1976 5.27 megawatts InternalCombustion #2 Diesel
Unit No. 3 1976 5.27 megawatts InternalCombustion #2 Diesel
Unit No. 4 1981 7.07 megawatts InternalCombustion #2 Diesel
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Location Year Size Type Fuel
Port Lions
Unit No. 1 1968 .35 megawatts InternalCombustion #2 Diesel
Unit No. 2 1968 .35 megawatts InternalCombustion #2 Diesel
Unit No. 3 1970 .20 megawatts InternalCombustion #2 Diesel
Unit No. 4 1975 .20 megawatts Internal Combustion #2 Diesel
11. Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
83.9 million 94.6 million 100.5 million 102.0 million 107.9 million
12. KEA has 59 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
13. 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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KOTZEBUE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. AT A GLANCE
1. Kotzebue Electric Association, Inc. Physical Address: P.O. Box 44 Lagoon & Sth Street
Kotzebue, Alaska 99752 Kotzebue, Alaska 99752
Phone: (907) 442-3491 FAX: (907) 442-2482
2. Began Operation in 1955.
3. Averaged 1,004 customers during 1990.
4. Approximately 16 miles of distribution line.
5: The service area for Kotzebue Electric encompasses the Municipality of Kotzebue.
6. Averages 63 consumers per mile of distribution line.
Ts Kotzebue Electric operates and maintains:
1 distribution substation
8. Generating Facilities:
Location Year Size Type
Kotzebue Power Plant
Unit No. 3 1960 .50 megawatts White Superior (diesel Unit No. 4 1960 .50 megawatts White Superior (diesel Unit No. 6 1983 2.50 megawatts | EMD (diesel) Unit No. 7 1986 1.13 megawatts Caterpillar (diesel) Unit No. 8 1977 .90 megawatts Solar Turbine (diesel) Unit No. 9 1987 1.70 megawatts EMD (diesel)
9. Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
13.3 million 13.3 million 14.2 million 15.6 million 15.9 million
10. Kotzebue Electric has 14 employees. Kotzebue Electric is under the direction of
General Manager Brad Reeve.
11. Kotzebue Electric Association, Inc. is a non-profit electrical utility that is owned by
its members. Kotzebue Electric is guided by nine elected Board of Directors.
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MATANUSKA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. AT A GLANCE
1. Matanuska Electric Association, Inc. 163 East Industrial Way P.O. Box 2929 Palmer, Alaska 99645
Phone: (907) 745-3231 FAX: (907) 745-9328
2s Incorporated in 1941.
3. Made up of 28,539 consumers as of December 1990.
4. 30,811 services are in place.
5. 2,493 miles of distribution lines.
6. Service area (see map page 67);
Total service area covers 3,360 square miles from Petersville to Sutton, west to east,
and Eagle River to Talkeetna, south to north, including Point MacKenzie.
7. Averages 12.3 consumers per mile of distribution line.
8. MEA purchases wholesale power from Chugach Electric Association, Inc. and
Alaska Power Administration.
9. Operates and maintains:
18 distribution substations 1 transmission substation
1 mobile substation (This mobile substation is for the joint use of MEA,
Chugach, ML&P, and HEA)
10. Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
418.6 million 403.6 million 410.6 million 412.8 million 410.3 million
11. Matanuska Electric employs 126 full-time employees. MEA is divided into three
departments which are under the direction of General Manager, Kenneth E.
Ritchey.
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Electric Operations J.F. "Mac" McIntosh
Engineering Services Robert Mau
Administrative Services James Woodcock
12. | MEA owns and operates the electrical system in Unalakleet through the Unalakleet
Valley Electric Cooperative.
13. Matanuska Electric Association, Inc. is a non-profit electrical utility that is owned by
its members. MEA is guided by a seven member Board of Directors.
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aS 4%. 2 PS 10.
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NAKNEK ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. AT A GLANCE
Naknek Electric Association, Inc. Physical Address:
P.O. Box 118 100 School Road
Naknek, Alaska 99633 Naknek, Alaska 99633
Phone: (907) 246-4261
FAX: (907) 246-6242
Began operation in 1960.
Averaged 765 customers in 1990.
Approximately 65 miles of distribution line.
The service area for NEA encompasses Naknek, South Naknek, and King Salmon.
Averages 11.8 consumers per mile of distribution line.
Naknek Electric operates and maintains:
1 distribution substation
Generating Facilities:
Location Year Size Type
Naknek Power Plant
Unit No. 1 1991 .87 megawatts Caterpillar 3512 (diesel) Unit No. 2 1960 .35 megawatts White Superior (diesel Unit No. 3 1960 .35 megawatts White Superior (diesel Unit No. 4 1965 .50 megawatts White Superior (diesel Unit No. 5 1977 .44 megawatts White Superior (diesel Unit No. 6 1977 .44 megawatts | White Superior (diesel Unit No. 7 1977 .44 megawatts White Superior (diesel Unit No. 8 1977 1.00 megawatts White Superior (diesel Unit No. 9 1988 1.13 megawatts Caterpillar 3516 (diesel Unit No. 10 1988 1.13 megawatts Caterpiller 3516 (diesel
Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 13.8 million 14.7 million 15.9 million 17.0 million 17.3 million
Naknek Electric has 15 employees and is under the direction of General Manager Meera Kohler.
Naknek Electric Association, Inc. is a non-profit electrical utility that is owned by its
members. NEA is guided by seven elected board of directors.
.
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NOME JOINT UTILITY SYSTEMS AT A GLANCE
1. Nome Joint Utility Systems Physical Address: P.O. Box 70 West "K" Street
Nome, Alaska 99762 Nome, Alaska 99762
Phone: (907) 443-5288 FAX: (907) 443-3028
2. Began operation in 1951.
3. Averaged 1,914 customers in 1990.
a Approximately 42.4 miles of energized line.
5. The service area for Nome Joint Utility System encompasses the Nome city limits.
“ 6. Averages 45 customers per mile of line.
a Generating Facilities:
Location Year Size Type
Snake River Power House (Diesel)
Unit No. 1 1963 .60 megawatts Cooper Bessemer Unit No. 2 1963 .60 megawatts Cooper Bessemer Unit No. 3 1963 Retired Unit No. 5 1974 1.23 megawatts Fairbanks Morse
Unit No. 6 1972 1.03 megawatts Fairbanks Morse Unit No. 8 Out of Service Unit No. 9 1985 2.86 megawatts General Motors EMD Unit No. 10 1987 .60 megawatts Mitsubishi Unit No. 11 1988 1.50 megawatts General Motors EMD Unit No. 12 1991 3.66 megawatts Caterpillar 3616
8. Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988. 1989 1990
20.4 million 20.8 million 21.9 million 24.7 million 25.8 million
9. Nome Joint Utility Systems has 24 employees under the direction of Utilities General
Manager Joe Murphy. Steve Willson is Power Plant Foreman.
10. A five member utility board (reporting to a six member city council) guides Nome Joint Utility Systems.
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NUSHAGAK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. AT A GLANCE
Le Nushagak Electric Cooperative, Inc. Physical Address: P.O. Box 350 #1 Power House Road Dillingham, Alaska 99576 Dillingham, Alaska 99576
Phone: (907) 842-5251 FAX: (907) 842-2799
2. Began operation in 1964.
3. Averaged 1,135 customers in 1990.
4. Approximately 77 miles of distribution line.
5. The service area for Nushagak Electric includes Dillingham and Aleknagik.
6. Averages 14.7 customers per mile of distribution line.
7. Nushagak Electric operates and maintains:
1 distribution substation
8. Generating Facilities:
Location Year Size Type
Power Plant (Diesel)
Unit No. 1 Retired Unit No. 2 Retired Unit No. 3 1962 .35 megawatts Superior Unit No. 4 1967 .50 megawatts Chicago Pneumatic
Unit No. 5 1973 .75 megawatts Superior
Unit No. 6 1976 1.00 megawatts Superior Unit No.7 Retired Unit No. 8 1984 .83 megawatts Caterpillar Unit No. 9 1984 .83 megawatts Caterpillar
Unit No. 10 1988 1.13 megawatts Caterpillar
9. Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
12.1 million 12.8 million 13.9 million 13.9 million 14.2 million
i 10. Nushagak Electric Cooperative has 24 employees under the direction of General
Manager, David F. Bouker. Ten of these employees are assigned to Nushagak
Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
11. | Nushagak Electric is a non-profit electrical utility that is owned by its members. NEC
is guided by seven elected Board of Directors.
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PETERSBURG MUNICIPAL POWER & LIGHT AT A GLANCE
1. Petersburg Municipal Power & Light Physical Address: P.O. Box 329 11 South Nordic Drive Petersburg, Alaska 99833 Petersburg, Alaska 99833
Phone: (907) 772-4203 FAX: (907) 772-9287
2. Began operation in the 1920's.
3: Made up of 1,744 consumers as of December 1990.
4. Approximately 50 miles of distribution line.
o: The service area for PMP&L encompasses Mitkof Island.
6. Averages 34.8 consumers per mile of distribution line.
a PMP&L operates and maintains:
1 distribution substation
8. Petersburg's primary source of power is from the state-owned Tyee Lake
hydroelectric pro pe (installed capacity 20 megawatts). Tyee Lake bey is located approximately 40 miles southeast of Wrangell. Tyee provides electricity to the communities of Petersburg and Wrangell and is operated by the Thomas Bay Power Commission under contract to the Alaska Energy Authority.
Additional Generating Facilities:
Location Year Size Type
Chrystal Lake
Unit No. 2 1924 .60 megawatts Pelton (hydro Unit No. 3 1956 1.60 megawatts Pelton (hydro
Petersburg Power Site
Unit No. 1 1970 .35 megawatts Jimmy (diesel) Unit No. 2 1978 .60 megawatts Caterpillar (diesel Unit No. 3 1978 .90 megawatts Caterpillar (diesel Unit No. 4 1956 1.20 megawatts White Superior Sonsgl Unit No. 5 1972 2.10 megawatts MD (diesel)
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9. Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
25.9 million 25.0 million 25.7 million 27.0 million 28.5 million
10. Petersburg Municipal Power & Light has 11 employees. PMP&L is under the direction of General Manager Dennis Lewis.
11. PMP&Lis a municipally owned utility.
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SEWARD ELECTRIC SYSTEM AT A GLANCE
1. Seward Electric System Physical Address: P.O. Box 167 Sth & Adams Street
Seward, Alaska 99664 Seward, Alaska 99664
Phone: (907) 224-3331 FAX: (907) 224-3248
2 The municipal electric system was founded in the late 1930's.
3: Averaged 1,828 customers in 1990.
4. Approximately 50 miles of transmission lines are in place.
2: Approximately 50 miles of distribution lines are in place.
6. Service area (see map page 67);
Mile 24 of the Seward highway south on the Seward highway to Resurrection Bay.
ie Averages approximately 36.6 consumers per mile of distribution line.
8. Operates and maintains:
2 distribution substations
1 transmission substation
9. Seward Electric System purchases wholesale power from Chugach Electric
Association, Inc. Total standby generating capacity; 10.65 megawatts.
10. | Standby Generating Facilities:
Location Year Size Type
Seward
Unit No. 1 1964 1.50 megawatts ALCO 16 cylinder
diesel)
Unit No. 2 1964 1.50 megawatts ‘O 16 cylinder
diesel)
Unit No. 3 1980 2.50 megawatts MD 20 cylinder (diesel
Unit No. 4 1984 2.50 megawatts EMD 20cylinder (diesel Unit No. 5 1984 2.50 megawatts EMD 20 cylinder (diesel
SES also has a mini hydro project (.15 megawatts).
1: Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
33.3 million 33.9 million 36.4 million 42.6 million 45.5 million
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12. Seward Electric System employs 12 full-time employees. SES is divided into two departments which are under the direction of the City Manager Daryl Schaefermeyer.
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Engineering and Utilities Everett P. Diener Finance Rick Gifford
13. Seward Electric System municipal electrical utility is owned and operated by the City of Seward. SES is guided by the City Council and Mayor Dave Hilton.
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SITKA, CITY AND BOROUGH OF, ELECTRIC DEPT. AT A GLANCE
1. City and Borough of Sitka
1306 Halibut Point Road
Sitka, Alaska 99835
Phone: (907) 747-6633
FAX: (907) 747-3208
Began operation in 1941.
Averaged 4,043 customers in 1990. > S N 13 miles of transmission line (69 kV).
33 50 miles of distribution line (12.5 kV and below).
6. The service area for Sitka's Electrical Department encompasses the city and borough
of Sitka.
7: Averages 81 customers per mile of distribution line.
8. Sitka Electrical Department operates and maintains:
1 distribution substation
2 transmission substations
9. Generating Facilities:
Location Year Size Type
Blue Lake (Hydro)
Unit No. 1 1961 3.00 megawatts Horizontal Francis
Unit No. 2 1961 3.00 megawatts Horizontal Francis
Green lake (Hydro)
Unit No. 1 1981 9.27 megawatts Vertical Francis
Unit No. 2 1981 9.27 megawatts Vertical Francis
Indian River (Diesel)
Unit No. 1 1976 2.00 megawatts Fairbanks Morse
Unit No. 2 1979 2.75 megawatts Fairbanks Morse
Unit No. 3 1979 2.75 megawatts Fairbanks Morse
10. Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
96.1 million 96.3 million 100.7 million 81.7 million 85.8 million
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11. The City and Borough of Sitka has 26 employees. Stuart Denslow is Sitka's City Administrator and Greg Grissom is the Electrical Superintendent.
12. The City and Borough Assembly of Sitka, comprised of seven members, provides direction for the utility.
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TLINGIT-HAIDA REGIONAL ELECTRICAL AUTHORITY AT A GLANCE
1. Tlingit-Haida Regional Electrical Authority Physical Address: P.O. Box 210149 12480 Mendenhall Loop Road
Auke Bay, Alaska 99821 Auke Bay, Alaska 99821
Phone: (907) 789-3196 FAX: (907) 789-0585
2 Began operation in 1977. Tlingit-Haida is a non-profit political subdivision of the
State of Alaska.
3. Tlingit-Haida provides electrical power to various communities in southeast Alaska;
Angoon/Admiralty Island, Hoonah, Kake/Kupreanof Island, Kasaan/Prince of Wales
Island, and Klawock/Prince of Wales Island. In the case of Klawock wholesale power
is purchased from Alaska Power and Telephone over the Craig/Klawock intertie.
4. Tlingit-Haida averaged 1,186 customers in 1990 for all communities served.
Ds Approximately 72 miles of distribution line.
6. Averages 16.5 consumers per mile of distribution line.
7. Tlingit-Haida operates and maintains:
5 distribution substations
8. Generating Facilities:
Location Year Size Type
Angoon (Diesel)
Unit No. 1 1982 .40 megawatts Caterpillar
Unit No. 2 1977 .30 megawatts Caterpillar
Unit No. 3 1990 .56 megawatts Caterpillar
Hoon: iesel
Unit No. 1 1977 .61 megawatts Caterpillar
Unit No. 2 1977 .61 megawatts Caterpillar
Unit No. 3 1988 .85 megawatts Caterpillar
A fire in the Hoonah powerhouse, January 13, 1991, destroyed Unit No. 3. Units No.
1 & 2 were salvaged and are currently in service. New generators have been ordered
and the powerhouse is 95% rebuilt.
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Location Year Size Type
Kake (Diesel
Unit No. 1 1984 .63 megawatts Caterpillar Unit No. 2 1977 .30 megawatts Caterpillar Unit No. 3 1974 50 megawatts Caterpillar
Kasaan (Diesel
Unit No. 1 1983 .035 megawatts Caterpillar Unit No. 2 1983 .035 megawatts Caterpillar Unit No. 3 1977 .090 megawatts Caterpillar Unit No. 4 1990 .090 megawatts Caterpillar
Klawock (Diesel)-Stand = only - Wholesale power is purchased from Alaska Power and Telephone over the Craig/Klawock intertie))
Unit No. 1 1977 .50 megawatts Caterpillar Unit No. 2 1977 .50 megawatts Caterpillar Unit No. 3 1977 .07 megawatts Caterpillar Unit No. 4 1977 .30 megawatts Caterpillar
9. Total number of kilowatt-hour sales for all Tlingit-Haida communities:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 8.4 million 9.0 million 9.4 million 10.0 million 10.3 million
10. _ Tlingit-Haida Regional Electrical Authority has 18 employees under the direction of
General Manager, Robert Martin, Jr.
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WRANGELL MUNICIPAL LIGHT & POWER AT A GLANCE
1. Wrangell Municipal Light & Power 205 Brueger Street P.O. Box 531
Wrangell, Alaska 99929
Phone: {cor 874-2381 FAX: (907) 874-3952
2. Began operation in the early 1930's.
5 Averaged 1,340 customers during 1990.
4. Approximately 30 miles of distribution line.
5. The service area for WML&P encompasses the City of Wrangell.
6. Averages 44.7 customers per mile of distribution line.
7. WML&P's primary source of power is from the state-owned Tyee Lake hydroelectric
project (installed capacity 20 megawatts). Tyee Lake hydro is located approximately 40 miles southeast of Wrangell. Tyee provides electricity to the communities of
Petersburg and wa ie and is operated by the Thomas Bay Power Commission
under contract to the Alaska Energy Authority.
Additional Generating Facilities:
Location Year Size Type
Wrangell Power Plant (Diesel)
Unit No. 1 1970 1.25 megawatts Worthington Unit No. 2 1970 1.25 megawatts Worthington Unit No. 3 1970 1.25 megawatts Worthington
Unit No. 4 1970 1.25 megawatts Worthington Unit No. 5 1965 .50 megawatts Caterpillar Unit No. 7 1965 .50 megawatts Ingersoll/Rand Unit No. 8 1986 2.50 megawatts EMD
8. Total number of kilowatt-hour sales in:
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
13.2 million 18.4 million 26.9 million 26.8 million 26.7 million
9. Wrangell Municipal Light & Power has 5 employees. WML&P is under the direction
of City Manager, Wrangell. Butch Cooley is the Electric Superintendent.
10. WML&P isa municipally owned utility.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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ALASKA ELECTRIC GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION
COOPERATIVE, INC.
Alaska Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative, Inc.
P.O. Box 169
Homer, Alaska 99603
Phone: (907) 235-8167
Alaska Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative, Inc. (AEG&T) is financed and
managed by its members; Homer Electric Association, Inc. and Matanuska Electric
Association, Inc., AEG&T administers generating facilities on the Kenai Peninsula with a
capacity of nearly 40 megawatts. Robert Hufman is General Manager of AEG&T.
ALASKA RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, INC.
Anchorage Office: Juneau Office:
703 West Tudor Road 302C Assembly Building
Suite 200 211 Fourth Street
Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Juneau, Alaska 99801
Phone: (907) 561-6103 Phone: (907) 463-3636
FAX: (907) 561-5547 FAX: (907) 463-3611
The Alaska Rural Electric Cooperative Association (ARECA) exists to further the interests
of consumer-owned electric utilities and the member owners they serve. ARECA also
provides services to other publicly-owned utilities and individuals having utility interests.
David Hutchens is Executive Director of ARECA.
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NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
1800 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: (202) 857-9500 FAX: (202) 857-4854
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) represents the national
interests of rural electric systems, providing legislative services and programs in
management training, insurance, retirement planning, safety, public relations, and
advertising. There are more than 1,000 rural electric systems serving some 25 million
people in 46 states, Puerto Rico and American Samoa. Bob Bergland is Executive Vice-
President and General Manager of NRECA.
NORTH AMERICAN ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL
North American Electric Reliability Council
101 College Road East
Princeton, New Jersey 08540-6601
Phone: (609) 452-8060 FAX: (609) 452-9550
The North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) was formed in 1968 by the
electric utilities to coordinate, promote, and communicate about the reliability of their
generation and transmission systems. NERC is comprised of nine Regional Reliability
Councils and one Affiliate encompassing virtually all of the electric utility systems in the
United States, Canada, and the northern portion of Baja California, Mexico, Michehl R.
Gent is President of NERC.
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NORTHWEST PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION
Northwest Public Power Association
9817 N.E. 54th Street
P.O. Box 4576
Vancouver, Washington 98662-0576
Phone: (206) 254-0109
FAX: (206) 254-5731
Based in Vancouver, Washington, more than 160 publicly owned electric utilities in nine
7 Western states and four Canadian provinces have joined to form the Northwest Public
Power Association (NWPPA). In addition, there are over 225 associate members;
companies that supply goods and services to the electric utility industry. NWPPA assists
members with educational courses, major conferences, surveys and research projects,
communications policy forums, and legislative representation. ARECA and its member
co-ops often co-sponsor NWPPA courses held in Alaska. Norman C. Jacox is General
Manager of NWPPA.
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION
Rural Electrification Administration Allan K. Yost
U.S. Department of Agriculture General Field Representative
Washington, D.C. 20250 Northwest Area-Electric
13621 Venus Way
Anchorage, Alaska 99515
Phone: (907) 345-5329
i The Rural Electrification Administration (REA) is the federal agency within the U.S.
Department of Agriculture that deals with electric membership corporations. Among other
functions, the REA approves and guarantees loans to electric cooperatives for generation,
transmission, and distribution facilities. Gary Byrne is the Administrator of REA.
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STATE OF ALASKA, ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
State of Alaska, Alaska Public Utilities Commission
1016 West Sixth Avenue
Suite 400
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Phone: (907) 276-6222 FAX: (907) 276-0160
The Alaska Public Utilities Commission (APUC) is a state regulatory agency within the
Department of Commerce and Economic Development empowered by the Legislature to
oversee the operations of about half the utilities in Alaska. This five-member commission
issues orders and rulings on rate case filings and other service related matters of electric
utilities. Most non-municipal electric, gas, telephone, sewer, water, waste disposal and other
utilities are under the jurisdiction of this agency. Robert A. Lohr is Executive Director of
APUC.
THOMAS BAY POWER AUTHORITY
Thomas Bay Power Authority
P.O. Box 1318
Wrangell, Alaska 99929
Phone: (907) 874-3834 FAX: (907) 874-2431
The Thomas Bay Power Commission operates the Tyee Lake Hydroelectric project for the
Alaska Energy Authority. Warren G. Edgley, P.E., is Manager of Thomas Bay Power
Authority.
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