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international Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Local 1 �r,7
813 VV. 12TH STREET
JUNEAU, ALASKA 99801
TELEPHONE FAX
(907) 586-3050 (907) 586-9614
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BUSINESS MANAGER • FINANCIAL SECRETARY
United Stites Senator
Lisa Murkowski
709 Hart Senate Bu'lld.ing
Washington, DC 20510
February 22, 2010
Dear Senator Murkowski,
am writing to you today t
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Project funding.
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PRESIDENT
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o ardently endorse and express support at the Snettisham Avalanche
6�=ass would allow Alaska Electric Light ower (AEL&P) Co. to construct eight self-supporting
hE main avalanche zones Or" the SnettAisham line and to avert the tviDes of
avalanche related outages the Juneau community suffered through both in 2008 and 2009. As
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you may already know, we in Ju'nequ..we.re lucky enough to have backup diesel gene
g,,,ot us through those trying times, but it was at great expense to a large part of our
;hat could ill afford those increased kilowatt hour casts.
ration that
community
During both of those outages International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers {IBE1l� Local 1547
workers labored tirelessly in adverse and dangerous cc nditkions to restore and lines
bringing Sr�ettisham power back on line fior all of Juneau, much earlier than expected. We
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believe this project will not on1:y--.--.be economically beneficial --f'-0-'----r1-those workers performing the
actual construction of the mitigation' -structures, but will also directly t enetit the community ot
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Juneau by ensuring that towers wo
line and low cost electricity will con
be dawned bye subsequent
u eresidents..,:
Thank you- for your time and consideration orp t
Developr-nent and Export Authority.
Sincerely,
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PROUDLY
ImOCAL 15 7
Mike Notar
Assistant Business Manager
SERVING 586,000 SQUARE MILES ON TOP. OF THE WORLD
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