Stan Gregor
61:07 - 61:33
"I think a moratorium right now feels very unnecessary given those factoids. If we're not in danger of not having— of Ketchikan Wrangle and Petersburg not having enough power, I'm comfortable moving forward and letting our utility director vet any project"
“I think a moratorium right now feels very unnecessary given those factoids. If we're not in danger of not having— of Ketchikan Wrangle and Petersburg not having enough power, I'm comfortable moving forward and letting our utility director vet any project”
- Speaker
- Stan Gregor
- Timestamp
- 61:07 – 61:33
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Petersburg
- Captured at
- September 25, 2026
From the transcript
Um, we also have 3, at least 3, I could be wrong, there could be more, of the 4 gubernatorial candidates who've spoken about, uh, having a statewide standard, uh, for data centers. I don't know where they're going to go with it, I don't know if their plans are the same, doesn't matter to me, but I'm glad at least those 3 are looking at it. Um, I think a moratorium right now feels very unnecessary given those factoids. If we're not in danger of not having— of Ketchikan Wrangle and Petersburg not having enough power, I'm comfortable moving forward and letting our utility director vet any project again. But since this data center project doesn't make sense to our grid, it would never be approved because we need to keep the lights on.
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