ADN by Rosemary Shinohara.  In months of trying, backers of the Fire Island wind farm haven’t been able to sign up any utilities as customers.  Jim Posey (NGP Photo), head of city-owned Municipal Light and Power, says ML&P can get a better deal elsewhere, even if it comes down to importing liquefied natural gas to spin its generator turbines.  Chugach Electric Association is seriously negotiating for a wind contract, say officials of Cook Inlet Region Inc., sponsor of the Fire Island project. Chugach officials, saying their negotiations are confidential, declined to talk with the Daily News about the project.

Fairbanks News Miner.   The owner of Delta Wind Farm isn’t giving up in his battle to form a partnership with Golden Valley Electric Association.  Mike Craft said he’ll attend the utility’s annual meeting Tuesday, where he’ll challenge GVEA’s decision to pursue its own $93 million wind-farm project near Healy. The 24.6-megawatt wind farm was picked in February over his proposal and another project near Anchorage.