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Alaska Energy Authority
DRAFT BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Anchorage, Alaska
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Short called the meeting of the Alaska Energy Authority to order on April 25, 2013 at
12:44 pm. A quorum was established.
2. ROLL CALL: BOARD
Members present: Chair Hugh Short (Public Member); Commissioner Bryan Butcher
(Commissioner, Department of Revenue); Ron Arvin (Public Member); Robert Sheldon
(Public Member); Gary Wilken (Public Member).
3. AGENDA APPROVAL
The agenda was approved as presented.
4. ROLL CALL: STAFF, PUBLIC
Staff present: Sara Fisher-Goad (AEA Executive Director); Gene Therriault (Deputy
Director-Energy Policy Development); Sandra Moller (Deputy Director-Rural Energy); Sean
Skaling (Deputy Director-Alternative Energy & Energy Efficiency); Emily Ford (AEA Public
Outreach Liaison); Cady Lister (Energy Efficiency Manager); Sandie Hayes (AEA
Administrative Assistant); Teri Webster (AEA Executive Assistant); and Mark Davis (AIDEA
Deputy Director-Infrastructure Development).
Others present: Brian Bjorkquist (Department of Law); John Wood (Senator Dunleavy's
Office); Sunny Morrison (Accu-Type Depositions)
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
6. PRIOR MINUTES
The March 29, 2013 AEA Board meeting minutes were adopted as presented.
7. NEW BUSINESS
AEA Board Meeting Minutes
April 25, 2013
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7A. Resolution 2013-02 Commercial Building Energy Audit Program Regulations
Ms. Fisher-Goad stated this resolution would codify a commercial energy audit program
developed with federal funds. It provides a public program which helps smaller business
and building owners to move forward on energy efficiency measures.
MOTION: A motion was made by Mr. Sheldon to adopt Resolution No. 2013-02,
Commercial Building Energy Audit Program Regulations. Motion seconded by
Commissioner Butcher. Motion passed unanimously.
8. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMMENTS
Ms. Fisher-Goad thanked Ms. Moller, Mr. Skaling and their staff for being involved in the
development of the program for the Rural Energy Conference, which will take place next
week. Two new publications are at the printer. An update of the Renewable Energy Atlas
and the new publication for the Power Cost Equalization (PCE) Program, which outlines
statistical data by community. Ms. Fisher-Goad believes this new PCE document will be
easier for people to understand the impact of the PCE program throughout rural Alaska.
The summary data will continue to be published. The annual report has been distributed.
Ms. Fisher-Goad stated Ms. Ford has been working on additional outreach information for
the Susitna-Watana Project and complimented her and the contractor for providing quality
and useful information about the project.
Ms. Fisher-Goad stated the annual Rural Energy Conference will take place next week.
AEA is a sponsor of that conference. She believes this conference is important for Alaska
because it brings non-Alaskan energy experts here to provide information about a variety of
programs.
8A. Next regularly scheduled meeting - Thursday, May 30, 2013
9. BOARD COMMENTS
Mr. Arvin stated he is excited to hear Chair Short speak at the upcoming Business of Clean
Energy in Alaska (BCEA) conference and appreciates Ms. Fisher-Goad's work in arranging
for him to attend the conference. Mr. Arvin is glad to be back in Anchorage. He thanked the
Board for their willingness to let him telephonically attend meetings for an extended period
of time.
Mr. Sheldon stated he appreciated the Authority's responsiveness to the Talkeetna area
residents with regard to lease and equipment movements in and out. He thanked the
Authority for providing him the information as well.
Mr. Wilken thanked the staff for the good job they did on the Energy Efficiency Program. He
also thanked the staff for all their work in Juneau. He believes the team did a stellar job and
the results speak for themselves. Chair Short extended the same appreciation.