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Seeking Applications for Railbelt Grid Organization
The Railbelt utilities have joined together to form a Railbelt Reliability Council (RRC). The RRC provides a forum and structure for the six interconnected Railbelt utilities, along with six non-utility stakeholders, to work together to address Railbelt-wide regional...
Utilities Sign Groundbreaking Agreement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 19, 2019 Utilities Sign Groundbreaking Agreement After years of effort, all six Railbelt utilities have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to move forward with an organization to work more closely together to manage Alaska’s...
Scammers are Relentless
NOTE: If you have been a victim of a scam, please use the link provided to file an incident report with the police: Link to FPD’s Incident Report – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Utilities around the country continue to report an...
Good¢ents Grants Awarded in Nov 2019
The Good¢ents Board of Trustees met in November. Eight applications were reviewed, and seven grants totaling $47,645 were awarded. Here’s a summary of these recent grants: Access Alaska: $5,000 grant for their Consumer Fund. Green Star Alaska: $3,699.60 grant...
GVEA’s Adjusted Fuel & Purchased Power Rate Effective Dec 1, 2019
The Fuel & Purchased Power (F&PP) rate, effective December 1, 2019 through February 29, 2020, will increase from 9.177¢ to 10.998¢. This represents a 19.84% increase from the last F&PP rate, as approved by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA). The...
GVEA Scholarship Application Window Open
Every year, GVEA awards eight scholarships to local area students. Seven are awarded in May at our Annual Membership Meeting, and the eighth is awarded in August. To be eligible for a GVEA scholarship, the applicant (or a member of the applicant’s immediate family)...
GVEA Board Approves $3.5 Million in Capital Credit Refunds
At a recent regular GVEA Board meeting, the decision was made to retire all capital credits from 1994 (and earlier), which totals $3.5 million. All refunds will be distributed by the end of November 2019. How will the capital credit refunds be rolled out? Checks will...
Good¢ents Grants Awarded in Aug 2019
The Good¢ents Board of Trustees met in August. Five applications were reviewed, and three grants totaling $10,386 were awarded. Here’s a summary of these recent grants: Alaska Health Fair: $6,787 grant to be applied towards the purchase of health screening equipment....
Power Pledge Challenge Kicks Off October Energy Awareness Month
More than 3,500 sixth- through eighth-grade students in Alaska will learn about energy efficiency next month and compete for prizes as part of the Power Pledge Challenge. Utilities and organizations host the statewide challenge as part of Energy Awareness Month,...
Customer Service Survey Begins Sept 9
GVEA has hired National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) Market Research Services to conduct a brief phone survey of GVEA’s members. The confidential survey will be focused on customer service and should only take a few minutes of your time. The survey...