by Bridget Maryott | May 28, 2024 | blogs, Community, Cook Inlet, Energy & Alaska, Homer Electric Association, Local Economies
Homer Electric Association’s Board of Directors election wrapped up on May 2nd at the Annual Meeting of the Members. The Board remains unchanged as all three incumbents were reelected. The pro-renewable minority retains three seats, with the other six directors...
by Bridget Maryott | May 28, 2024 | blogs, Clean Water, Cook Inlet, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Mining
As Inletkeeper hustles to organize the many, many logistics required to move electronics off the Peninsula and up to Central Recycling Services in Anchorage, we consider more deeply what it would take to create a true circular economy for our electronics consumption....
by Bridget Maryott | May 15, 2024 | Press Releases, Donlin Gold Mine, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Homer Electric Association, Local Economies, Mining
Households could see electric bills rise as much as $265 per year HOMER, AK — Alarm bells will be ringing for Southcentral Alaska if Donlin Mine pursues Cook Inlet natural gas to fuel its proposed massive gold mining operation in Western Alaska, with detrimental...
by Ben Boettger | Feb 26, 2024 | Civics, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government, Homer Electric Association, Local Economies
In a deliberative democracy, ideas that may start off rough have a chance to be polished and cleaned on the way to becoming policy. In legislative hearings, bills are scrutinized from many angles by many stakeholders. Although the process can be frustrating to watch,...
by Ben Boettger | Dec 21, 2023 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Homer Electric Association, Local Economies
Homer Electric Association’s directors have abandoned the co-op’s goal of becoming 50% renewable by 2025. At their Dec. 12 meeting, board members voted 6-3 to rescind the renewable goal and subsequently approved a new policy for HEA to “to encourage...
by Ben Boettger | Oct 17, 2023 | Civics, Energy & Alaska, Government
In February, Gov. Dunleavy created the Alaska Energy Security Task Force by executive order and charged them with making plans to lower the state’s energy costs. The Task Force intends to deliver a Statewide Energy Master Plan by Dec. 1 and is now taking public...
