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Nominations for HEA board open
HEA’s Board of Directors is responsible for creating policy, developing rates and providing organizational direction
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Project would convert landfill methane to energy
The project would located at the Central Peninsula Landfill
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HEA returning capital credits to members
Members will be issued credits based on the amount of electricity they purchased in 2019.
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HEA bills to rise July 1
Homer Electric Association power bills will rise July 1, driven by the cost of the Cook Inlet natural…
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HEA takes a look at electric vehicles
Of the attendees who drove from the central Kenai Peninsula to Homer for Homer Electric Association’s annual member…
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Phone scammers posing as HEA collectors
Phone scammers posing as bill collectors for Homer Electric Association have targeted local business owners, seeking payment for…
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Tie vote jeopardizes HEA solar project
A Homer Electric Association plan to build Alaska’s highest-capacity solar farm near HEA’s Anchor Point substation is in…
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3 seats on HEA ballot
The nearly 24,000 members of Homer Electric Association will soon have their chance to extend their involvement in…
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Lawmakers look at potential penta problem
Editor’s note: This story has been changed to add information about an error in the 2015 U.S Fish…
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Borough may fund closer look at landfill gas
Editor’s note: This story has been changed to correct the planned capacity of the initial landfill gas generator.…
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Fallen trees cause power outages across central peninsula
High winds brought down trees across the Kenai Peninsula on Monday. In many cases, those trees also brought…
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Trees caused HEA outages in Sterling
Birch trees laden with snow and ice will — as poet Robert Frost memorialized in his piece “Birches”…
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Electric vehicles raise more questions than answers
Though electric cars are finding enthusiastic users in Alaska’s Southeast, how they would perform on the Kenai Peninsula…
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HEA holds first energy technology workshops
Conversations at Homer Electric Association (HEA)’s first Energy Technology Workshop on Thursday at Kenai Peninsula College ranged from…
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HEA shoots for 2018 solar project completion
Homer Electric Association is hoping to have its small-scale solar project online by the end of the 2018…
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HEA considers diversifying electricity
Most electricity used on the Kenai Peninsula has one source. Gas turbines, burning natural gas produced from Cook…
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Solar passes wind in HEA home renewable electricity
Editor’s note: This story has been changed to correct the Regulatory Commission of Alaska’s limits on net metered…
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Feds reconsidering lease rates for hydropower operators
Federal administrators of land beneath six of Alaska’s hydroelectricity plants — including the Kenai Peninsula’s Bradley Lake plant…
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HEA exploring solar power
Homer Electric Association is “in the exploratory phase” of planning a solar power installation that may be funded…
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1 of 3 incumbents unseated in HEA election
In an election that concluded Thursday, Homer Electric Association members chose between six candidates for the three open…