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308 G Street, Suite 218 642 South Alaska Street, Suite 200
Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Palmer, Alaska 99645
907-929-7770 (phone & fax)907-745-6000 (phone & fax)
September 28, 2007
Jerald Brown
Vice President
Bering Straits Native Corporation
PO Box 1008
Nome Alaska 99762
RE: Support Letter for Bering Straits Native Corporation’s Nome Wind Farm Project
Dear Mr. Brown:
I’m writing to support Bering Straits Native Corporation in its proposal for funding from the
USDA’s “High Cost Energy Program”to build a 300 –500 kW wind farm in the Nome area in
partnership with Sitnasuak Native Corporation (SNC).REAP is well aware that energy prices
have reached crisis proportions in rural Alaskan communities such as Nome. REAP is also
impressed with all the efforts that the community in Nome is making to implement local
solutions, including the large solar project you are currently undertaking.
As you know,REAP is the state’s first and only renewable energy advocacy and education
organization.We’re a coalition of large and small Alaska electric utilities, environmental
groups, consumer groups, businesses, Native organizations and state and federal agencies who
share the goal of increasing the production of renewable energy in Alaska. REAP believes that
replacing petroleum based energy with renewable sources in the rural villages of Alaska is
critical in this time of escalating fuel prices. Renewable energy can help stabilize and reduce
energy costs by displacing polluting diesel fuel. REAP also firmly believes that renewable
energy development is a key to building a sustainable economy in rural Alaska.
Over the years REAP has enjoyed collaborating with proponents of renewable energy in the
Nome region, and we look forward to continuing that collaboration. We wish you the best in all
your endeavors related to renewable energy development.If you have any questions, please call
me at 907-745-6000 (office) or 907-232-0908 (cell).
Sincerely,
Chris Rose
Executive Director, Renewable Energy Alaska Project