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KEA crews have been working for years to transition system from old navy days. This week’s work is final part of that project. Bells Flats, Chiniak, and Pasagshak outage Monday, and outages for base are being coordinated with command. Power was expected to be back on by 2:00 p.m., if not sooner.   Kodiak’s wind generators. Photo via AlaskaPublicMedia.org. Kodiak …

One of the KEA wind turbines on Pillar Mountain. (Photo by LaniElderts/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT Businesses around Kodiak have been getting calls from people claiming to be from the Kodiak Electric Association and: “Informing them they’re going to be disconnected if they don’t pay their bill immediately.” Dan Menth, who’s the manager of finance and administration at KEA, says this is …

Matt Gandel stands in front of fuel oil boilers in middle school. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak is powered by almost 100 percent renewable energy through wind and hydro power. Most homes and businesses heat with fuel oil, but the local utility sees a shift to electric. To meet the growing demand, the Kodiak Electric Association …

KEA wind turbine. (Photo by LaniElderts/Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Four people are up for three seats on the Kodiak Electric Association’s Board of Directors. There are a total of nine elected board members and each seat is for a term of three years. Kodiak Area Native Association project coordinator Tyler Kornelis is the one candidate who’s never served on the KEA …

KEA wind turbine. (Photo by LaniElderts/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT High winds are causing some residents of Kodiak to lose power. Darron Scott the CEO and President of the Kodiak Electric Association says a number of trees have fallen on power lines, which are causing the outages throughout the region including in the City of Kodiak. KEA has had to delay its crews from making …

KEA proposed diversion. (Courtesy of KEA) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Last year, the Kodiak Electric Association received a permit to extend its Terror Lake hydroelectric project, and it’s now selected a contractor. The expansion would catch snow melt and rain and transport it to the Terror Lake reservoir to increase its energy capacity. According to a KEA press release, the installment should …

KEA wind turbine. (Photo by LaniElderts/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT Over the weekend, communities on Kodiak’s road system experienced power outages. According to a press release from the Kodiak Electric Association, that included Bells Flats, Monashka Bay, Chiniak, Pasagshak, and even downtown Kodiak. The reason for the power loss was strong winds on Saturday that plagued the region. According to the press …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak experienced a widespread power outage Sunday night. According to a Kodiak Electric Association press release, high winds affected the transmission lines that carry power from Terror Lake to the city near Pillar Mountain. As a result, most of town through the Monashka Bay area lost power a little after 8:00 p.m. on Sunday. As stated in the …

KEA proposed diversion. (Courtesy of KEA) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Electric Association received a permit to start its Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project expansion, which would increase the lake’s clean energy production. Part of the project includes construction through federal land, which requires a lengthy permitting process with some steps KEA called “duplicative.” It had started on a legislative path to …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Electric Association is trying to speed up an expansion to its Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project, and the process is one legislative step closer to completion. KEA wants to use up to 20 acres of the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge to build an extension to the project. With that comes a lot of paperwork and authorizations, some …