Comments on: Electricity disaster declarations in Alaska http://ykalaska.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/electricity-disaster-declarations-in-alaska/ (in Alaska's Unorganized Borough along Yukon Kuskokwim Nushagak Rivers) Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:38:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: mpb http://ykalaska.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/electricity-disaster-declarations-in-alaska/#comment-31454 mpb Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:43:12 +0000 http://ykalaska.wordpress.com/?p=690#comment-31454 "in Valdez we pay 24 cents a kWh, that includes the fuel/purchased power." http://community.adn.com/adn/adn_pubstory_425940#comment-255366 “in Valdez we pay 24 cents a kWh, that includes the fuel/purchased power.”
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]]> By: Steve Reese http://ykalaska.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/electricity-disaster-declarations-in-alaska/#comment-31406 Steve Reese Mon, 19 May 2008 07:35:48 +0000 http://ykalaska.wordpress.com/?p=690#comment-31406 Whether we are forced to pay an extra 3 cents or an extra dollar per kWh, the point is a private monopoly interest was empowered by our government to maintain our lines and charge us for our electricity in return for their managing it. They breached their contract by not taking reasonable steps to avoid a catastrophe that they were warned would happen, that they could have inexpensively avoided, and that they never had any interest in avoiding. Their actions demonstrate that they wanted this to happen. When they announced that they would be burning more deisel than air quality safety standards would allow and how much they thought it would cost, they were approached by cleaner burning natural gas with a plan that would cut the cost of fueling Juneau by 1/3 but again they have no interest, just as our representatives have shown no interest in forcing them to honor their contract or to take over the management of our energy utility in the public interest. In short, they invited disaster, did nothing to aleviate it, and intend to make the working class responsible for this disaster. Those who cannot pay will lose their homes. Nice new homes will be built in our little landlocked space, and a sweet profit will be earned by destroying the lives of every working class resident. This disaster has paralels to Katrina. Rather than helping victims, the government is turning us over to industry and they are profiting together at the expense of the victims. If the bush communities think they have it bad now, wait until they come for you. Whether we are forced to pay an extra 3 cents or an extra dollar per kWh, the point is a private monopoly interest was empowered by our government to maintain our lines and charge us for our electricity in return for their managing it. They breached their contract by not taking reasonable steps to avoid a catastrophe that they were warned would happen, that they could have inexpensively avoided, and that they never had any interest in avoiding. Their actions demonstrate that they wanted this to happen.
When they announced that they would be burning more deisel than air quality safety standards would allow and how much they thought it would cost, they were approached by cleaner burning natural gas with a plan that would cut the cost of fueling Juneau by 1/3 but again they have no interest, just as our representatives have shown no interest in forcing them to honor their contract or to take over the management of our energy utility in the public interest.
In short, they invited disaster, did nothing to aleviate it, and intend to make the working class responsible for this disaster. Those who cannot pay will lose their homes. Nice new homes will be built in our little landlocked space, and a sweet profit will be earned by destroying the lives of every working class resident. This disaster has paralels to Katrina. Rather than helping victims, the government is turning us over to industry and they are profiting together at the expense of the victims.
If the bush communities think they have it bad now, wait until they come for you.

]]> By: mpb http://ykalaska.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/electricity-disaster-declarations-in-alaska/#comment-31373 mpb Sat, 10 May 2008 00:58:08 +0000 http://ykalaska.wordpress.com/?p=690#comment-31373 Dermot Cole at the Fairbanks Daily News Miner says that Fairbanks ratepayers pay 17 cents per kwh Dermot Cole at the Fairbanks Daily News Miner says that Fairbanks ratepayers pay 17 cents per kwh

]]> By: mpb http://ykalaska.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/electricity-disaster-declarations-in-alaska/#comment-31352 mpb Sat, 03 May 2008 06:30:27 +0000 http://ykalaska.wordpress.com/?p=690#comment-31352 State won't recommend disaster aid for Juneau JUNEAU -- Gov. Sarah Palin's disaster policy cabinet will not be recommending state disaster status for Juneau after avalanches severed its source of low-cost hydropower. http://ADN.com State won’t recommend disaster aid for Juneau
JUNEAU — Gov. Sarah Palin’s disaster policy cabinet will not be recommending state disaster status for Juneau after avalanches severed its source of low-cost hydropower.
http://ADN.com

]]> By: mpb http://ykalaska.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/electricity-disaster-declarations-in-alaska/#comment-31349 mpb Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:46:47 +0000 http://ykalaska.wordpress.com/?p=690#comment-31349 Juneau electricity crisis more than a local problem Juneau’s huge power-cost jump could have statewide impacts. The capital city’s electric rate is part of the Power-Cost Equalization program formula. That means subsidies to rural residents could be affected. Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau http://aprn.org/2008/04/29/juneau-electricity-crisis-more-than-a-local-problem/ Juneau electricity crisis more than a local problem

Juneau’s huge power-cost jump could have statewide impacts. The capital city’s electric rate is part of the Power-Cost Equalization program formula. That means subsidies to rural residents could be affected.

Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau
http://aprn.org/2008/04/29/juneau-electricity-crisis-more-than-a-local-problem/

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