Chris Rose
18:07 - 18:34
“A lot of these smaller utilities that were administered by people like Brad Reeve up at Kotzebue or Darren Scott at Kodiak Electric had boards of directors that shared a vision of where they wanted to take that utility”
- Speaker
- Chris Rose
- Timestamp
- 18:07 – 18:34
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 23, 2026
From the transcript
They knew where they wanted to go and they executed it. And I think that's one of the things that the state needs to do. We can talk a little bit more about that hopefully later on, but the state needs an energy vision that they actually execute on and have the administrative capability to do so. A lot of these smaller utilities that were administered by people like Brad Reeve up at Kotzebue or Darren Scott at Kodiak Electric had boards of directors that shared a vision of where they wanted to take that utility, and then they had very capable and capable people like Brad and Darren to execute it. I think another trait that all those folks shared is risk-taking.
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