GVEA is pleased to announce that the Healy Unit 2 power plant has operated at 95% availability for a 30-day period, exceeding a key benchmark set by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. The 50-megawatt coal-fired unit had been idle since 2016, to allow GVEA to fix a...
Golden Valley Electric Association has fired the boiler at the Healy 2 power plant for the first time since 2016. The plant was fired on oil yesterday, beginning a test phase that will continue for the next three months. This initial oil firing will allow crews to...
At the August 28, 2017 GVEA Board meeting, the board of directors authorized staff to move forward with proposed modifications to the Healy Power Plant’s coal feed and fuel transport system that serves Unit 2. The proposed modifications are a result of detailed...
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, at approx. 7:20 p.m., Healy Unit 2 experienced a fire/explosion in the plant’s coal feed system. The root cause is under investigation. There were no injuries resulting from this event. The plant was in a start-up condition operating on...
At approx. 7:20pm on Thursday, March 3, GVEA’s Healy Unit 2 suffered damage to the coal feed system due to spontaneous combustion, commonly known in the industry as a “puff.” This also caused a small fire, which the Healy Volunteer Fire Dept. responded to, and was...
Golden Valley Electric Association and local officials held a dedication ceremony yesterday, acknowledging the restart of the Healy Unit 2 Power Plant. Healy Unit 2 will add fifty megawatts of coal-fired power into GVEA’s grid. Since coal prices have proven to be...
For the first time since 1999, Golden Valley Electric Association’s Healy 2 Power Plant was fired on coal today at 2:50pm. This begins a second two-month testing phase, as the plant transitions from running on oil to coal. The plant is currently operating on one mill,...
Golden Valley Electric Association has fired the boiler at the Healy 2 power plant for the first time since 1999. The plant was fired on oil today at 5:21 pm, beginning a test phase that will continue for the next two months. The plant is expected to begin producing a...
Good news for electric ratepayers; Golden Valley has the keys to Healy Unit 2. The coal-fired power plant is expected to help stabilize electric rates which have fluctuated with the oil market over the past several years.
We’re excited to announce that the co-op is one step closer to bringing the Healy Clean Coal Plant online. Today, Federal District Judge Beistline approved our joint Consent Decree (think agreement) with the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA)...