Public Hearing for Proposed Tariff Changes Feb. 2, 2026
Public Hearing details can be found here: https://avec.org/events/public-hearing-for-2026-tariff/
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2024 Top Ten Power Plant Operators
Power plant operators are on the font line keeping the lights on every day in AVEC communities. Every year we recognize 10 power plant operators who respond quickly whenever a need arises and who make an extra effort to ensure the plant stays operational providing light and heat to their families and friends. The winners […]
Power Pledge Challenge Starts Soon!
Challenge your students to think and learn about how they use energy every day – and enter to win prizes throughout the semester! Teachers, please sign up for the 11th annual Power Pledge Challenge (PPC), an initiative aimed at helping youth better understand energy use. Participating classes have the opportunity to complete monthly and semester-long […]
How to Add or Upgrade Streetlights
By Sheena Marrs Thank you to the AVEC village chairpersons and secretaries who held community meetings in 2021. A special thanks to community members who attended. Delegates have done an excellent job addressing resolutions and concerns discussed during those meetings. Due to the pandemic, the time allowed for members to hold their community annual meetings […]
May 2021 Back Page – Your Votes Have Been Counted
Thank you to all the members that completed and returned the mail-in voting documents. The three incumbent Directors, Helena Jones from Ambler, Phyllis Clough from Old Harbor; and Peter Demoski from Nulato were all re-elected for three year terms. The ballots were received and compiled by BDO, Inc., an independent accounting firm in Anchorage, and […]
Important Update on AVEC’s Mail In Election
The results of Alaska Village Electric Cooperative’s mail-in vote have been announced. The membership has re-elected the three incumbent board members, Phyllis Clough, Peter Demoski, and Helena Jones to another three year term. In statements at the regular board meeting, all three Directors expressed gratitude to the membership for its confidence and continued support. The […]
2020 Top 10 Power Plant Operators of the Year
With more than 100 AVEC plant operators, choosing the Top 10 each year is a difficult task. AVEC plant operators work under a variety of challenging conditions year-round, but the top operators make an extra effort to ensure the plant stays operational and provides light and heat for their families and friends. The winners are […]
When Brevig Mission Experienced its First Christmas Tree
By Keith Conger, “The Nome Nugget” “The season of Christmas was drawing near, and with it came thoughts of a Christmas tree. But whence should a Christmas tree be found in this country where there are no trees. Indeed, one could find in the valleys a species of dwarf willow, small bushes which would attain […]
Defunding Power Cost Equalization Would Gut a Lifeline for Rural Alaska
By Meera Kohler, President/CEO of AVEC A year and a half ago, the Power Cost Equalization (PCE) endowment was on the verge of disappearing into the Constitutional Budget Reserve, when the Legislature reversed the sweep and the endowment remained intact. During election season, we heard from some legislative candidates who believe the PCE endowment is […]
Vitus Marine To The Rescue!
Dennis McLean (left), Vitus Marine, hands over hand sanitizer to Robert Tokeinna Jr., Wales Alternate Power Plant Operator. AVEC tug Cavek in the background. AVEC was in a bind, trying to ship hand sanitizer to our power plants across the state and running into major roadblocks with the postal service as well as all of […]