In January, IGU signed 20-year contracts and dual agreements with Hilcorp and Harvest Midstream to secure a source of natural gas independent of the Cook Inlet supply.
Interior Gas Utility is on track to install up to 600 new service lines in Fairbanks and North Pole this summer, according to incoming CEO Elena Sudduth.
The U.S. Army is proposing to replace Fort Wainwright’s coal-fired heat and power plant with natural-gas fired boilers installed around the post. The Army must replace the 65-year-old power plant because it’s unreliable and becoming prohibitively expensive to operate.