GVEA s board of directors adopted a plan in June 2022 that included taking Healy Power Plant Unit No. 2 offline by the end of this year, adopting a power purchase
The Railbelt Decarbonization Study’s first phase examines four potential ways to improve the Railbelt grid, find an economical solution as energy demands increase through 2050 and examine different scenarios.
The proposed project would see 25 to 50 turbines standing 500-feet tall spread across 2,700 acres of land near Murphy Dome and produce up to 200 megawatts of power for GVEA.
A Fairbanks-based environmental group will hold a rally this afternoon just before Golden Valley Electric Association’s annual meeting at Lathrop High School’s Hering Auditorium. The Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition plans to commend Golden Valley for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and urge it to do more.