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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3.1 Rep. Chenault & Olson letter in support of HEA Grant Lake Hydro REF Grant-pp1. OF TxE �W 9a Off"' ALA5 Official Business ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE September 16th, 2014 REPRESENTATIVE MIKE CHENAULT REPRESENTATIVE KURT OLSON Shawn Calfa Grants Administrator Alaska Energy Authority 813 West Northern Lights Blvd. Anchorage, AK 99503 Dear Mr. Calfa: Interim: M4y - December 145 Main Street Loop Kenai, AK 99611 We would like to support Homer Electric Association's request for funding for the Grant Lake Hydroelectric Project through the State's Renewable Energy Grant Program. The Grant Lake Hydroelectric Project, near Moose Pass, would supply 19,500 MV h per year of low impact, low cost hydroelectric energy. The displacement of conventional generation with hydro power would conserve Cook Inlet gas supplies and assist in securing long term price stability. The Project would increase HEA's renewable energy portfolio by 44 percent and assist in meeting the State of Alaska's renewable energy goal to produce 50 percent of Alaska's electrical energy from renewable resources by 2025. While it will take the construction of a large scale project to meet this goal, it is important to pursue smaller projects as well. Homer Electric Association, through its subsidiary Kenai Hydro, has completed a comprehensive series of field studies that are part of the requirements to obtain a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) license for this project. These studies have been presented to Stakeholders and state and federal agencies. The results of these studies are currently being incorporated into a FERC license application. We appreciate the efforts of Homer Electric Association to bring renewable energy to the Kenai Peninsula and believe the Grant Lake Hydroelectric Project deserves favorable consideration in the Round VIII segment of the Alaska Energy Authority's Renewable Energy Grant Program. Sincerely, Representative Mike Chenault District 28 Representative Kurt Olson District 29