by Ben Boettger | Apr 17, 2025 | Homer Electric Association, Energy & Alaska
The 2025 Homer Electric Association Board of Directors election is going on until April 30, but if you’ve been eagerly waiting for HEA to mail your ballot, stop waiting — no paper ballot is coming in the mail. Instead of mailing physical ballots to members...
by Ben Boettger | Mar 27, 2025 | Homer Electric Association, Energy & Alaska, Renewable Energy
As members of electric co-ops, we have extraordinary power to shape our energy system. As Alaskans, we have extraordinary reasons to elect better leadership: complacent co-op directors are sleepwalking us into a costly and stagnant future. Between next month and April...
by Ben Boettger | Mar 8, 2025 | Homer Electric Association, Energy & Alaska
One month from now, on March 28, everyone who pays an electric bill on the western Kenai Peninsula will get their ballots to elect leaders for the Homer Electric Association (HEA). You will hold in your hands (or on your phone/computer, if you vote online) a chance to...
by Ben Boettger | Jan 23, 2025 | Homer Electric Association, Energy & Alaska
The Missed Milestone for Homer Electric Association — Ben Boettger 2025 would have been a milestone for Homer Electric Association. Under the renewable energy goal that HEA’s directors set four years ago, it aimed to be 50% renewable by this December. Meeting...
by Inletkeeper | Dec 18, 2024 | blogs, climate, Community, Cook Inlet, Energy & Alaska, Events, Homer Electric Association, Local Economies
Homer Energy Fair Homer Drawdown is beginning to wrap up its third solution: Climate Smart Homer Homes. To cumulate our efforts, the climate solutions community is hosting the Homer Energy Fair, a one-stop shop to connect Homer area residents with...
by Satchel Pondlofino | Nov 27, 2024 | Renewable Energy, Energy & Alaska, Homer Electric Association
Heat Pump 101 Wow, how gratifying it is when our community shows up! We unexpectedly filled both virtual and physical rooms with last week’s Heat Pump 101 event in numbers greater than we’ve seen since precovid. If you were not one of the ~130 people in attendance...