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Alaska Native Groups Sue Gov. Over Rural Electric Bills
Law360 (July 22, 2021, 9:46 PM EDT) Alaska Native groups and electric cooperatives have sued Gov. Mike Dunleavy in state court to force his administration to reinstate the $1.2 billion budget that subsidizes rural electricity costs to make them comparable to rates in cities.
The 18 listed parties including the Alaska Federation of Natives, which represents about one in five Alaskans sued Dunleavy s administration on Monday for automatically sweeping the Power Cost Equalization and Rural Electric Capitalization Fund into the state s budget reserve, which was depleted and required repayment.
A three-fourths majority was needed from both the state House and Senate to stop the automatic sweep, but.
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Mariculture experts say the Aleutians could be a prime spot for kelp farming; Alaska has returned to a statewide high alert level as the number of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations soars again; and the Alaska Federation of Natives and other organizations, municipalities and rural power providers sued Governor Mike Dunleavy s administration Monday to keep the funding that helps lower power costs in high-cost areas.
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Lawsuit wants money back for energy program in rural Alaska
The president of the Alaska Federation of Natives said affordable energy is essential to the survival of Alaska s rural, Native communities, particularly as our families and individuals recover from the pandemic
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Daniel Rich, Mayor of Ouzinkie, leads a tour of the Village of Ouzinkie on Kodiak, Alaska, diesel power plant. Diesel-fueled plants such as this one raise the cost of energy in much of rural Alaska. May 18, 2018 (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / National Renewable Energy Lab, courtesy of Creative Commons)
The president of the Alaska Federation of Natives said affordable energy is essential to the survival of Alaska s rural, Native communities, particularly as our families and individuals recover from the pandemic