HomeMy WebLinkAboutAuthorizing Kootznoowoo ResolutionKOOTZNOO W OO INCORPORATED
RESOLUTION 10-01
AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO THE STATE OF
ALASKA ENERGY AUTHORITY RENEWABLE ENERGY
GRANT FUNDS FOR POWERLINE AND GENERATION
FACILITIES IN ANGOON, ALASKA
WHEREAS, the State of Alaska and the Federal Government have over a number of years
undertaken through their agencies, including the Alaska Energy Authority, extensive studies and
commissioned reports on the Hydro -electric potential of Thayer Lake and other locations in and
around Angoon, Alaska; and
WHEREAS, Kootznoowoo Incorporated, owns the right to develop hydroelectric resources on
Admiralty Island National Monument and the Kootznoowoo Wilderness within township 49
south, range 67 east, and township 50 south, range 67 east, Copper River Base and Meridian,
subject to such conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe for the protection of
water, fishery, wildlife, recreational, and scenic values of Admiralty Island, has requested that
the USDA Forest Service prepare and complete a environment review of a plan of development
prepared by HDR, Alaska dated March 2000 for the construction and operation of Thayer Lake
Hydroelectric; and
WHEREAS, on May 2009 Kootznoowoo Incorporated received a copy of the Forest Service
final environmental impact statement which is available at the Tongass National Forest web site
at the following site http://www.fs.fed.us/rl0/tongass/projects/angoon_hydro/index.shiml and
which adds significant costs to the proposal submitted by Kootznoowoo by required buried
transmission cable and a relocation of the power house resulting in a loss of head; and
WHEREAS, Kootznoowoo Incorporated has received an award of approximately $1.1 million
of matching funds from the U. S. Department of Energy Tribal Renewable Funds to finalize
design and complete permitting requirements for a 1+ mW hydroelectric project known as
Thayer Iake Hydro approximately 6 miles north of Angoon, Alaska; and
WHEREAS, Angoon, Alaska is a High Energy Cost Community as identified by the USDA
Rural Utility Service and that the cost of electricity in Angoon is over 500% (5 times) the
national average for a cost of a kilowatt hour of power; and
WHEREAS, On June 1, 2009 representatives of the City of Angoon, Inside Passage Electrical
Cooperative, the Southeast Conference, Angoon Community Association and the State of Alaska
met with Kootznoowoo, Incorporated in Angoon, Alaska to discuss the current economic
condition of the community, the cost of power and the availability of renewable energy grant
funds from the State of Alaska for projects such as the overland power line described in the EIS
and the power generating facility at Thayer Creek; and
WHEREAS, On June 1, 2009 Kootznoowoo Incorporated was informed that the HDR proposed
project was the perfect type of project to meet the goals of the State of Alaska Renewable Energy
Fund and that given the high cost of power Kootznoowoo should apply for $4,000,000 for
construction of transmission line and an additional amount of $4,000,000 for the generating
facility; and
WHEREAS, there exists a region wide and community need for low cost power for municipal
operations, residential use and much needed economic development particularly job creation
which cannot occur at the current cost of power and Kootznoowoo's Thayer Creek project has
received support from numerous sources including the City of Angoon, the Angoon Community
Association, the Alaska Miners Association —Juneau Branch, the City and Borough of Juneau,
Southeast Conference; and others,
WHEREAS, the USDA Forest Service has represented to Kootznoowoo that Thayer Creek
Hydroelectric is the Number 1 project in the Tongass National Forest; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE ff RESOLVED that Kootznoowoo is authorized to apply for the
maximum available Grant funding from the AEA ($4,000,000 for construction of transmission
line and an additional amount of $4,000,000 for the generating facility) and receive funds,
appropriations, loan guarantees and make necessary financial arrangements including but not
limited to meeting the requirement of the Alaska Energy Authority under the State of Alaska
Renewable Energy Grant program: and that its General Manager; Peter Namoz is the point of
contact for the purpose of the grant applications and has full authority to commit Kootznoowoo
to obligations under the grant.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as Secretary of
KOOTZNOOWOO INCORPORATED and have affixed here to the official seal of said
Corporation this _I/�' 7 day of Ij'p,d _I 20_ID_.
KOOTZNOOWOO INCORPORATED
By:
Corporate Secretary