5-23-16 By Increments We Can Lose A Nation’s Liberty

Energy Is The Very Foundation Of North American Freedom Eco-socialist Strategists Know That The Means, Transportation and Distribution of Energy Production Can Come Under Their Control Via Government Expropriation And/Or Regulatory Power by Dave Harbour Today we ask our readers to recognize the dots that connect socialism and eco-activism to the undoing of free energy markets and freedom itself. We will demonstrate why this transformation is not merely the natural swing, back and forth, of a political pendulum. Our readers can surely agree that: Freedom can be eliminated by eliminating free enterprise. [...]

Anchorage-Fairbanks Wind Farms Court Partners

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 [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:57:26-09:00April 24th, 2011|Alternate Energy|0 Comments

ANGDA Hosts Two Useful Energy Events – CIRI Wind Moves Ahead Despite Backdraft – Salazar Announces Lease Sales

1.  Last Friday, Chairman Mary Ann Pease (NGP Photo-r) conducted a Commonwealth North Energy Action Coalition meeting to hear a thorough briefing by the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative's (AVEC) Meera Kohler (NGP Photo-l).  The briefing occurred at the offices of the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority (ANGDA).   AVEC serves 7,500 facilities with 78 employees and 95 village technicians in 53 villages covering a population of 22,000 comprising what would be Alaska's 4th largest city after Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau.  The AVEC customers comprise 44% of Alaska's village citizens.  Contributing to [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:57:26-09:00November 24th, 2009|Alternate Energy|0 Comments

Scroll down to interesting commentary on WIND POWER and the Southcentral Alaska energy crisis!

7-13-09 (Weekend and Monday News & Comment).   PNA.  Cook Inlet Region Inc. said June 30 that it has received key permits for a proposed wind farm on Fire Island near Anchorage.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved permit applications for Wind Energy Alaska’s Fire Island wind farm and related electricity transmission infrastructure and the project is on track for startup in 2011, CIRI said in a statement.  The wind farm will provide commercial-scale renewable power in Southcentral Alaska.  (Comment:  This little wind project will be a historic diversification [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:07:16-09:00July 13th, 2009|Alternate Energy, Commentary|0 Comments
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