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RESOLUTION NO. 2020-3
INSIDE PASSAGE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
September 23, 2020
ENTITLED: AUTHORIZING THE CEO/GENERAL MANAGER TO APPLY FOR
GRANT FUNDING FOR WATER SUPPLY CREEK HYDRO FINAL DESIGN
WHEREAS, Inside Passage Electric Cooperative ("IPEC"), the City of Hoonah, and the Hoonah
Indian Association (EIIA) support additional hydroelectric power in addition to the existing
Gartina Falls Hydro project to provide for reduced electric rates, reduced carbon emissions, and
rate stability for IPEC's member -consumers; and
WHEREAS, the construction of the Gartina Falls Hydroelectric project in 2015 has reduced
diesel fuel consumption with clean, renewable energy at reduced electric rates for IPEC's
member -consumers; and
WHEREAS, grant funding is limited from the State's Renewable Energy Fund in favor of lower
cost projects including project final design; and
WHEREAS, IPEC has already commissioned studies of the Water Supply Creek potential
including reconnaissance, feasibility and conceptual design, bringing the project to the final design
stage; and
WHEREAS, HDR Engineering indicates that potential hydropower is available from Water
Supply Creek and can use the same transmission line currently serving the Gartina Falls
Hydroelectric project, which was completed and put online in August, 2015; and
WHEREAS, the conclusions from the reconnaissance, and the feasibility/conceptual design
studies of the Water Supply Creek Hydro project's potential indicate that the project can provide
economic and environmental benefits to IPEC's member -consumers by reducing the portion of
Hoonah's electric load served by fossil -fuel diesel generation by approximately 30%; and
WHEREAS, the State Renewable Energy Fund has grant funding available for hydro project final
design, and the next round of grants is due September 28, 2020; and
WHEREAS, HDR-Alaska, the same firm that developed both the reconnaissance and
feasibility/conceptual design studies has provided an estimate of costs to prepare the final design
of the Water Supply Creek hydro project for an estimated cost of $461,474, following which the
project will be advanced to "shovel -ready,"
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the IPEC Board of Directors authorizes the
CEO/General Manager to apply for grant funding in the amount of $461,474 for the Water. Supply
Creek Hydro final design with the goal of reducing electric rates and reducing carbon emissions to
the environment.
P.O. Box 210149 Auke Bay, Alaska 99821 (907) 789-3196 Fax (907) 790-8517
Inside Passage Electric Cooperative
Resolution 2020-3 Authorization for CEO to Apply for State of Alaska Renewable Energy Grant Funds for
Water Supply Creek —Hoonah final design
September 23, 2020
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by a vote of Yeas, Nays, and
Absent this 23rd day of September, 2020.
Larry Be President/Chair
ATTEST:
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Christopher Hotch, Secretary/Treasurer