In a memo sent in early January, the mine’s general manager said the mine will struggle to remain viable if it does not find ways to reduce costs.

Utilities say a 25-minute outage early Thursday at the Eklutna Generation Station triggered outages across the Railbelt to prevent a blackout.

“This is the most strained I’ve seen the system,” ENSTAR President John Sims said at a press conference Thursday.

A renewable portfolio standard would require Railbelt utilities to ramp up renewables. Chugach is the first Railbelt utility to publicly back it.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants to spend another $4.5 million on marketing and development the project. But lawmakers sound increasingly skeptical.

The public has until Feb. 19 to comment on the utilities’ hydro project river repair plan, which is much more modest.

President and CEO Bill Stamm said that the cooperative is proposing a rate increase because “everything is more expensive.”

Natural Resources Commissioner John Boyle told lawmakers he expects a more than 30% production increase by the start of the 2033 fiscal year.

A new study adds to mounting evidence about caribou sensitivity to roads, raising questions about further development in their habitat.

Nuiqsut's tribal and city councils last year blasted the “endless expansion of oil development and the complete encirclement of our village."

The utility says the primary culprit is the above-average snowfall that has impacted all of Southcentral Alaska this winter.

Ahead of their return to the Capitol, lawmakers are using pre-session bill filings to lay out priorities for the months to come.