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YOUR ELECTRIC BILL
IS TOO HIGH!

ISSUES ON THE MOVE!  www
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ISSUES ON THE MOVE!
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3/16/18 - Alaska Policy Forum - Prop. 10 - ML&P sale to Chugach Electric is a poison pill that will block REAL customer savings for years

12/19/07:  Unprecedented Blue Ribbon Panel of top executives tasked by reform board to investigate Chugach Electric problems

July 23, 2009 - Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan's 2009 Transition Team Report [Utilities Section]
Candid treatment of ML&P and other Southern Railbelt electric utilities.  Not new generation but all parts of the customer value chain, especially distribution covered.  The poor economic value received by electric customers is specifically identified.


FIRE ISLAND WIND background information



CHUGACH ELECTRIC 
SALARY LIST (2010)

Provided by Chugach Electric under member information bylaw


5/5/11 - Conflict of Interest - Union Friendly Chugach Electric Candidates (Alex Gimarc) The IBEW wants favorable treatment when their contracts come up for renewal.
4/28/11 - The forces behind candidates matter
(Alex Gimarc)  About IBEW Union front group "Chugach Reliability"

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DIRECTOR VOTING SCORE  Who are the Consumer Champions and who are the Sellouts?

"By their votes you shall 
know them!"


Chugach members reject scare mongering
3/30/09 Uwe Kalenka OpEd
3/22/08 Alex Gimarc OpEd
4/2/07 Ray Kreig OpEd


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DON'T BE FOOLED!

Reiser, Robbins, Crawford, Henderson are the official IBEW Union Candidates!


FRONT GROUPS OF THE IBEW UNION:

* Chugach Reliability Group
   = IBEW Union
* Chugach Action Committee 
   = IBEW Union

* Chugach Customers
   = IBEW Union

Remember:
IBEW Union
= special
   interest, not your interest


UPCOMING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS for extensions to

2006 IBEW CONTRACT

with IBEW on both sides of the bargaining table.

Chugach Consumers is sorry to announce:  New IBEW Union Contract, Wages up 16%, Benefits up 30%.  See salary list.


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6/28/23 - ALASKA UTILITIES WORKING GROUP - PHASE I ASSESSMENT: COOK INLET GAS SUPPLY PROJECT by Berkeley Research Group (“BRG”) - In order to meet the expected supply shortfall, one or more options need to be selected to progress to an active engineering effort by the end of 2023. In order to meet the expected gas shortfall in 2027-2028, there is a limited set of options that can deliver, namely LNG imports in various forms, and all of them are still at a stage where uncertainties and risks related to design and feasibility need to be resolved before choosing a specific design configuration. Other options, such as a gas pipeline from the North Slope, can meet long-term demand most economically, but are not expected to be online by 2027-2028 or even reach a construction decision in the timeframe where alternatives would need to be sanctioned.    

 

ADN - As Cook Inlet gas shortage looms, Alaska’s biggest utilities assess their options — and none are cheap - By Sean Maguire - Chugach Electric and Enstar account for three-quarters of the Railbelt’s natural gas. Arthur Miller, CEO of Chugach Electric, said in a prepared statement that the working group had found “that importing liquified natural gas is likely the least cost, earliest option available for the near term.”

5/25/23 - Peltola demands Chugach and Matanuska Electric Associations tear out the Eklutna hydroelectic dam and generators and pay reparations to Eklutna Village! The letter, received May 18, was sent to CEA just as the board election was ending. The electric association board majority was taken over by the environmental industry, led by the Alaska Center for the Environment... The village estimates its population as 70. [Must Read Alaska]

5/10/23 - Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joins other states to block Blackrock from gaining control of utilities - The pushback from 16 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 in order to shut down the use of natural gas [Must Read Alaska].


2023 Election Results

 6,725 Susanne Fleek-Green (Greens, IBEW Union) – Elected 4 yr term
6,417 Jim Nordlund (Greens) – Elected 4 yr term
 6,258 Bettina Chastain (Chugach Stability*) - Elected 2 yr term
6,002 Shaina Kilcoyne (Greens, IBEW Union)
4,944 Harold Hollis (Chugach Stability*, IBEW Union)
4,056 Brad Authier (Chugach Stability*)
2,109  Steve Konkel
1, 871 Scott Von Gemmingen
1,341James Wileman

* also Chugach Consumers endorsed

14,156 voted (15.7% of the 90,210 ( members)

Establish a Round Up Program Bylaw
7,712 YES | 6,202 No 
13,914 voted on the bylaws

The new board majority rolled the previous chair, Bettina Chastain and installed Sam Cason as new chair.  Cason is a deceptive and cunning IBEW Union water carrier in long service to those benefiting from Railbelt Electric Utility inefficiency and waste. 

Chugach Consumers 2023 recommendations:

Vote for Bettina CHASTAIN, Harold HOLLIS and Brad AUTHIER

Vote NO on the bylaw change
(Establish a Round Up Program)

There are issues with this!  Round Up programs offer customers the opportunity to give about $6 per year in a charitable giving program where the decision on which charities benefit are made by a Chugach Electric identified committee, not you the donor.  It's bad enough that Chugach is already donating money to charities out of members electric-bill revenue. This bylaw is further inducing members to donate their own moneys for Chugach image building.  We would prefer that Chugach instead prioritize getting good publicity by becoming more efficient and lowering members electric costs!!

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Deadline to vote is 2PM Friday May 19th

 

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CANDIDATE and SITUATION ANALYSIS
Ray Kreig, Chairman, Chugach Consumers 

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