The project would located at the Central Peninsula Landfill
Members will be issued credits based on the amount of electricity they purchased in 2019.
Homer Electric Association power bills will rise July 1, driven by the cost of the Cook Inlet natural gas that fuels about 90 percent of… Continue reading
The price of Cook Inlet natural gas continues to trend downward as utilities and producers agree to contracts beyond 2018. Homer Electric Association has signed… Continue reading
Of the attendees who drove from the central Kenai Peninsula to Homer for Homer Electric Association’s annual member meeting on Thursday, at least two made… Continue reading
Phone scammers posing as bill collectors for Homer Electric Association have targeted local business owners, seeking payment for false electric bills and threatening to cut… Continue reading
A Homer Electric Association plan to build Alaska’s highest-capacity solar farm near HEA’s Anchor Point substation is in limbo after the cooperative’s eight directors tied… Continue reading
The nearly 24,000 members of Homer Electric Association will soon have their chance to extend their involvement in the utility beyond flicking their light switches… Continue reading
Editor's note: This story has been changed to add information about an error in the 2015 U.S Fish and Game ground contamination study near HEA… Continue reading
Editor's note: This story has been changed to correct the planned capacity of the initial landfill gas generator. The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly faces a… Continue reading
High winds brought down trees across the Kenai Peninsula on Monday. In many cases, those trees also brought down power lines. By 2 p.m, Central… Continue reading
Birch trees laden with snow and ice will — as poet Robert Frost memorialized in his piece “Birches” — often “bend to left and right/across… Continue reading
Though electric cars are finding enthusiastic users in Alaska’s Southeast, how they would perform on the Kenai Peninsula is largely a speculative matter. To date,… Continue reading
Conversations at Homer Electric Association (HEA)’s first Energy Technology Workshop on Thursday at Kenai Peninsula College ranged from very practical — increasing home energy efficiency… Continue reading
Homer Electric Association is hoping to have its small-scale solar project online by the end of the 2018 construction season, said HEA Director of Power,… Continue reading
Most electricity used on the Kenai Peninsula has one source. Gas turbines, burning natural gas produced from Cook Inlet, make about 90 percent of the… Continue reading
Editor's note: This story has been changed to correct the Regulatory Commission of Alaska's limits on net metered generation. Though the Kenai Peninsula’s wind feels… Continue reading