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Secret Ms. Santa brightens the holidays for Juneau family

...Actually, make that a secret Ms. Santa.Beside her gift to Lundy, the woman donated $500 for a single mother's electricity bills. The donor grew up with a single mother where paying such bills could be a challenge, so she wanted to help a single...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-12-25/secret-ms-santa-brightens-holidays-june
State
Alaska editorial: Progress, maybe: Healy power plant permit moves forward

...an air quality permit to restart the Healy Clean Coal Plant was an encouraging step toward eventually reducing the electricity bills that have been stinging Interior residents.However, no one should install electric heaters at home in anticipation...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-02-10/alaska-editorial-progress-maybe-healy
Opinion
Proposed PCE increase advances

...trickles down to the consumer."One store that is paying between $30,000 and $40,000 a month just in their electricity bills to run their freezers and coolers," Whitticom said.An increase to the PCE, Whitticom said, "would significantly...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-03-21/proposed-pce-increase-advances
Local
Fireweed Place funding pulled from capital budget

...downward adjustment in the building's assessed value last year, but not a complete tax exemption. Residential electricity bills were reduced last year after the board of directors filed a complaint with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/051402/loc_fireweed.shtml
News
Gustavus faces new challenges

...time in a town where goods and services were expensive already. Residents pay $9 for a bottle of milk. A $15 electricity bill in Juneau becomes a $90 bill in Gustavus. But real estate is cheap and plentiful, the vegetable gardens are prolific...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/082204/sta_gustavus.shtml
News
Officials aim to cut rural fuel prices

...last week created a rural energy adviser post and signed over $183 million that will help rural Alaskans pay their electricity bills. The $183 million will be added to an endowment that is estimated to generate about $25 million per year to help...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/102306/sta_20061023022.shtml
News
Villages turning to wind energy

...most remote and impoverished communities. Lori Beaver knows the wind farm turbines are making a difference in her electricity bill, although she isn't sure exactly how much. "I'm grateful for it and I'm hoping they put more up," the...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/111305/sta_20051113003.shtml
News
Juneau Empire Story Archive

...dividend from the quasi-public Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority to pay for a program that keeps electricity bills in rural Alaska reasonable. Another funding source expected to cover the Power Cost Equalization program has apparently...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/030500/Loc_childcare.shtml
Juneau Empire Story Archive

...it. Say you have John and Jane Doe with four children and a mortgage of $1,500 per month. They also have an electricity bill of $250 per month and then an additional $500 per month per child to be in daycare while their folks are at work...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/030700/Ope_tillsonltr.shtml
As fuel costs rise, rural Alaska looks at alternative energy

...in Nome. Small utilities and some of their customers are taking risks to lower their diesel-based heating and electricity bills. Where possible, they are forming partnerships and applying for public financing to build wind farms. Solar and...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/120307/sta_20071203008.shtml
News

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