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RESOLUTION NO. _____-08
Resolution of Authority
In Support of Request for State Funding
For the Nenana River Hydropower Project
Through the Alaska Energy Authority Renewable Energy Fund
WHEREAS Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA) supports diversification of
energy sources through use of alternative energy to provide electric power to its
members and customers for the lowest cost; and
WHEREAS GVEA has invested in studies of alternative energy sources to reduce its
dependence on fossil fuels; and
WHEREAS the Board of Directors introduced the Sustainable Natural Alternative Power
(SNAP) program in 2005 and as such was the first utility in the state to do so to
demonstrate its commitment to alternative energy: and
WHEREAS the GVEA met the 2007 goals of its Green Power Pledge to supply its peak
system load with 10 percent renewable sources utilizing a combination of conservation,
hydro-electric power and power contributed by SNAP producers; and
WHEREAS GVEA was awarded a grant to conduct a reconnaissance study and
technical fatal flaw analysis for the Nenana River Hydropower Project in the summer of
2008 and has completed that study; and
WHEREAS the study concludes there are several potentially viable alternatives for
hydropower generation on the Nenena River upstream of Healy, Alaska and there are
no technical fatal flaws that would preclude development of hydropower on the river
taking into consideration safe fish passage and preservation of whitewater rafting
operations; and
WHEREAS the hydropower potential of the Nenana River near Healy, Alaska should be
further defined; and
WHEREAS GVEA understands that it shall assume all liabilities arising from the
ownership and operation of the Project, and it will not sell, transfer, encumber, or
dispose of any of its interest in the facilities constructed with this grant funding during
the economic life of the Project without prior written approval of the Alaska Energy
Authority (AEA); and
WHEREAS the GVEA Board of Directors authorizes the application to AEA for project
funding at the match amounts indicated in the application authorizes and names GV EA
Vice President Kate Lamal as the project manager and point of contact to represent the
applicant for purposes of this application; and
WHEREAS, Brian Newton, President & CEO, shall be authorized to execute all
agreements on behalf of the Association.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of Golden Valley
Electric Association hereby endorses GVEA’s request for funding through the State of
Alaska’s Renewable Energy Fund for purposes of advancing the study of the
hydropower potential of the Nenana River near Healy, Alaska .
CERTIFICATION
I, William D. Digan, do hereby certify that I am the Secretary of Golden Valley Electric Associ ation, Inc.,
an electric not-for-profit cooperative membership corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Alaska; that the foregoing is a complete and correct copy of a resolution adopted at a regular
meeting of the Board of Directors of this corporation, duly and properly called and held on the 29th day of
September, 2008; 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 the corporation
this 29th day of September, 2008.
(SEAL) ________________________________
William D. Digan, Secretary