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RESOLUTION NO. 2013-8
INSIDE PASSAGE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
August 30, 2013
ENTITLED: AUTHORIZING THE CEO/GENERAL MANAGER TO APPLY FOR
GRANT FUNDING FOR KAKE HYDRO RECONNAISSANCE
WHEREAS, Inside Passage Electric Cooperative, the City of Kake, and the Organized Village of
Kake (OVK) have pursued the electric transmission intertie between Kake and Petersburg since
about 2001, which would allow IPEC to purchase firm power from the Southeast Alaska Power
Agency (SEAPA); and
WHEREAS, the recent reinstatement of the "Roadless Rule" in the Tongass National Forest
along with inflation and other factors has increased the current estimated cost of the intertie to
$66 million from the 2009 estimate of about $46 million; and
WHEREAS, grant funding is limited from the State's Renewable Energy Fund to $8 million per
project, and efforts to secure funding by legislative appropriation or Federal funding so far have
not yielded any construction funding for the project; and
WHEREAS, SEAPA has indicated that it cannot provide firm power to Kake unless or until it
develops another large hydro project, which will likely take at least 10 years, and that the most
SEAPA could offer is power for up to six months per year; and
WHEREAS, the CEO/General Manager has recommended that the community of Kake and the
IPEC Board consider "Plan B" solutions to reduce power costs to Kake in case the Kake-
Petersburg Intertie does not come to fruition; and
WHEREAS, the State Renewable Energy Fund has grant funding available for hydro
reconnaissance, and the next round of grants is due September 24, 2013; and
WHEREAS, the USDA Rural Utilities Service has a round of grants due September 3, 2013 for
its High Energy Cost Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, OVK has employed a local man, Adam Davis, to assist with stream gauging and
hydro reconnaissance for the Gunnuk Creek watershed, which exists within eight miles of the
community of Kake and currently provides the community's drinking water.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the IPEC Board of Directors authorizes the
CEO/General Manager to apply for grant funding for the Kake hydro reconnaissance with the
goal of reducing electric rates to the community.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by a vote of 5 Yeas, Nays, and
Absent this 30th day of August, 2013.
P.O. Box 210149 Auke Bay, Alaska 99821 (907) 789.3196 Fax (907) 790-8517
Inside Passage Electric Cooperative
Resolution 2013-8 Kake Hydro Reconnaissance
August 30, 2013
Ric d e rge, Pre ent/C a
ATTEST:
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Wilbur Brown, ecretary/Treasurer