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Sen. Lisa Murkowski requested the appropriation, which is for a Kenai Peninsula Borough and Homer Electric Association project that will turn methane from the Central Peninsula Landfill into fuel.
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As a result of high winds Sunday and Monday, Homer Electric Association customers experienced power outages throughout the Kenai Peninsula. A spokesperson for the utility company says over 5,000 outages were reported.
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Homer Electric Association cites the pressures of inflation on services and materials for the rate hike. It goes into effect on Jan. 1
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Homer Electric General Manager Brad Janorschke said in a presentation this week that the utility is working on a variety of renewable energy efforts, including wind, solar, geothermal and a project to use methane from the Soldotna Landfill.
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Windy conditions continue to cause power outages across the central Kenai Peninsula. Communities from Nikiski to Clam Gulch are affected.
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An intentional car crash in Nikiski snapped a Homer Electric Association pole, causing a 16-hour outage. John Covich of Nikiski was charged with six counts of assault and criminal mischief.
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A vote on whether to sell the utility to Homer Electric narrowly failed in May. Despite public opposition, the city council voted to put it back on the ballot, along with a question of whether the approval threshold should be lowered from 60% to a simple majority.
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After the sale of its utility to Homer Electric Association failed, again, by just a handful of votes, the city of Seward is trying to figure out what to do next.
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More than a year after Cook Inlet’s largest oil and gas producer warned of a looming natural gas shortfall, consultants released a report this week detailing possible ways to meet demand, including imported LNG.
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Jim Duffield (District 1), Dan Green (District 2) and Jim Levine (District 3) were elected to the Homer Electric Association board of directors at the utility's annual member meeting last night.