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Since election to the GVEA Board, I will be using facebook.com/newman.for.gvea for further updates. As a director on the board, my focus will be encouraging communication from within. I encourage your participation.

Newman elected to GVEA board for District 4

After a spirited and active campaign, Gary Newman was elected to the GVEA board to represent District 4 by 55% with 45% for incumbent Frank Eagle. Gary is ready to serve the members when sworn in on June 22. Frank wished Gary well and they will remain friends. The vote was 671 to 561 with an additional 133 ballots not counted because they weren't signed on the outside envelope. This is very common with prior votes as well. Gary will be working to change this disenfranchisement of members.

RCA on Railbelt Utilities working together

he Regulatory Commission of Alaska is holding a special meeting in Anchorage Wed. June 3. They will be discussing their ability to encourage Railbelt utilities to work together for the purpose of shared transmission and generation efficiencies. Complex geeky stuff, To my knowledge, this Anchorage based meeting isn't audio-conferenced except by advance request. From reading the materials, Chugach Electric has one proposal and Anchorage's Municipal Light and Power has another. All seem to agree that working together for dispatch and improved transmission capacities can lead to cost savings, but the devil is in the details. I was a bit surprised at the strident tone of the response by the Independent Power Producers Association. You can read/download the documents here.