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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit B�. 4' `, r r AUTHORIZATION FOR PRESIDENT/CEO TO REPRESENT KEA AND APPLY FOR A RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND ROUND III GRANT THROUGH THE ALASKA ENERGY AUTHORITY WHEREAS, Kodiak Electric Association, Inc. (KEA) was organized and exists under the laws of the State of Alaska and is a certificated electric utility holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity under AS 42.05; WHEREAS, KEA is an established non-profit Rural Utilities Service member -owned rural electric cooperative serving members located on Kodiak Island; the City of Kodiak, United States Coast Guard Integrated Support Command Kodiak, Bells Flats/Russian Creek area, Chiniak/Pasagshak, and Port Lions; WHEREAS, KEA is in compliance with all federal, state and local laws including existing credit and federal tax obligations, and will continue to comply with all federal and state laws, including existing credit and federal tax obligations; WHEREAS, KEA is the owner and operator of the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Facility with the ability to operate and maintain the facility for its economic life for the benefit of KEA's membership; WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Cooperative membership to seek to secure grant funds by applying for funding through the "Renewable Energy Fund" to assist KEA in its final design and construction to install a third hydroelectric turbine - generator at the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Facility. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the KEA Board of Directors do publicly, by resolution, endorse the installation of a third hydroelectric turbine -generator at the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Facility at an estimated cost of $15,907,950 and authorize President/CEO Darron Scott to submit an application for a $7,500,000 Renewable Energy Fund Round III Grant through the Alaska Energy Authority with a commitment to provide the matching resourcing as specified in the application, and further appoint Darron Scott as Project Manager to represent KEA in the construction and application process with the authority to commit KEA to the obligations under the grant agreement. CERTIFICATION I, Stosh Anderson, do hereby certify that I am elected Secretary of Kodiak Electric Association, Inc., an electrical non-profit cooperative membership corporation organized and existing under laws of the State of Alaska; that the foregoing is a complete and correct copy adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors of this corporation, duly and properly called and held on the 22"d day of October, 2009; that a quorum was present at the meeting; that the resolution is set forth in the minutes of the meeting and has not been rescinded or modified. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of this corporation this 22"d day of October, 2009. ,. Secretary