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Talk with Jodi Mitchell about splitting SE Alaska into high and low cost for Stage 4 regional spreading.
Sean’s Comments
Thank you to Kodiak Electric for hosting us!
Winners of the ____award recently from REAP at BCEA
New for Round 8
Paper applications will no longer be required. Word document application forms will be improved and
they will be accepted by email as a convenience to applicants. Applicants will receive an emailed
confirmation of receipt. Paper applications will still be accepted.
The announcement and due dates will be similar to last year. The Request for Applications will be
announced on or shortly after July 1, 2014. The application due date is expected to be Monday,
September 22, 2014 by 5:00 pm. The date is a few days earlier than last year so it does not conflict with
the Rural Energy Conference, September 23-25, 2014. Many applicants attend this event.
Partial Funding of Projects: AEA is exploring an option to allow more projects to be funded by partially
grant funding the highest performing projects, and offering Power Project Fund loans to cover the gap
where applicable.
Stage 4 Regional Splitting Assessment
Staff examined two aspects of the Stage 4 process, which involves identifying which regions of the state
have been underserved based on a formula that weights cost of energy and population. For energy
regions that are identified as underserved over the cumulative years of the program, AEA and REFAC
considers recommending funding for additional projects, so long as they are technically strong projects.
The first issue considered was whether we should try to blend in the cost of heating fuel into the cost of
power calculation (blend electricity and heating fuel). There is a paucity of data on heating fuel price
Demonstration of Alaska Energy Data Gateway