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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