David Persinger
27:40 - 27:48
“He also was very instrumental in setting us on a long-range financial trajectory, which is still in place today.”
- Speaker
- David Persinger
- Timestamp
- 27:40 – 27:48
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 15, 2026
From the transcript
And what that allowed to do was the utility consolidate into areas. We had staff in more or less one location, two big facilities that could better serve the public as well as being able to do our emergency response activities. Before we had our warm storage building, we had equipment parked outside. We had several instances where we weren't able to get equipment out and respond to emergencies, and so he saw that as a need and set us on the right path for that. He also was very instrumental in setting us on a long-range financial trajectory, which is still in place today.
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