Scammers are Relentless
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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 to fund electrical work and purchase a pallet-racking system. Healy Hockey Assn.: $6,045.75 grant for the …
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 impact will increase a residential member’s monthly bill by …
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) must be a member of Golden Valley …
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 be issued to members whose refunds are $100 and …
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. Fairbanks Rescue Mission: $1,599 grant to purchase a paper-folding machine. Northern Alaska …
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, recognized every year in October. In the Challenge, students will …
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 will begin on Monday, Sept 9. It’s anticipated that the survey will be …
GVEA’s 2019 Board Election Results
On Thursday, June 13, 2019, judges from GVEA’s Election Committee certified the results of the 2019 Board of Directors election. Here are the results: District 5 (primarily serving North Pole): Incumbent Chris Bunch retains his seat. GVEA’s bylaws state that a 10% return of valid ballots of the total membership …
Proposed Energy Project Fails to Qualify Under Federal Regulations
A proposal to build a 100-megawatt (MW) propane-fired energy project in Interior Alaska has had its status as a qualifying facility (QF) revoked by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) because the proposed project failed to meet the requirements for a QF as laid out in federal regulations. Colorado-based Eco …