Anchorage’s electric utility elects 2 ‘clean energy’ board candidates, reelects incumbent chair

By Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal

Updated: May 20, 2023Published: May 20, 2023

"...But Friday’s results were not a wholesale rejection of the existing board: Members also reelected Chugach’s current board chair, Bettina Chastain. Chastain, with 6,258 votes, barely edged a third candidate, Shaina Kilcoyne, who allied with Fleek-Green and Nordlund and received 6,002 votes"....READ MORE

Chugach Electric Association election results: Alaska Center wins

By Suzanne Downing

May 20, 2023

...."Because it is an electric association, campaign transparency laws do not apply and so the public will not know how much dark money came into play to influence voters, but across America, the environmental industry is trying to take over electric utilities and force them into solar and wind energy. "...READ MORE

Letter: Chugach board elections

By Mike Jens

Updated: May 8, 2023Published: May 8, 2023

I’d like to expand on Doug Ohms’ April 30 letter to the ADN, which did a good job of speaking to the upcoming election for the Chugach Electric Association board of directors. Ohms made a valid observation that a special interest group, Alaska Center (for the Environment), supports new board members that want to “take over” the CEA board and advance renewable energy options. Ohms does not support these new board members. Neither do I....READ MORE

Kreig and Vazquez: Who to vote for in Chugach Electric board elections

By By RAY KREIG and LIZ VAZQUEZ

May 14, 2023

"If the takeover of the Chugach Electric Association Board by Outside-funded activists succeeds, get ready to pay much, much more for your power and light. The extreme climate activists want access to the $350 million/year paid by customers’ bills to fund their agenda. "...READ MORE

Attorney General Taylor joins attorneys general to block Blackrock from gaining control of utilities

By Suzanne Downing

May 10, 2023

"The pushback from the state attorneys general comes at a time when Anchorage residents are facing a takeover of their power company, Chugach Electric Association, by the Alaska Center for the Environment, which has been making moves to take over the boards of directors of Alaska’s independent power companies in order to shut down the use of natural gas"...READ MORE