Julie Estey
11:04 - 11:20
"I have to have a certain amount of people vote, a percentage, like over 50% of my members vote, and then a majority or a supermajority of those, excuse me, need to vote yes if I want to get rid of more than 15% of my assets."
“I have to have a certain amount of people vote, a percentage, like over 50% of my members vote, and then a majority or a supermajority of those, excuse me, need to vote yes if I want to get rid of more than 15% of my assets.”
- Speaker
- Julie Estey
- Timestamp
- 11:04 – 11:20
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 7, 2026
From the transcript
Yeah, I agree with Anthony on that. You know, I think, does it make sense for the rail belt? To his point, I do think it does, but the road to get there, I think that could be— that would be a much longer horizon. And especially considering how we operate it currently and our existing generation suite, as that evolves, if that evolves, whether that's through larger projects, whether that's through more state involvement, whether that's through more joint projects, That could become easier, but the current generation suite would be incredibly tricky for all the reasons that Anthony mentioned. I know for MEA, part of the protections for our members to stop, you know, somebody coming in and kind of pirating our assets is that I have to have a certain amount of people vote, a percentage, like over 50% of my members vote, and then a majority or a supermajority of those, excuse me, need to vote yes if I want to get rid of more than 15% of my assets.
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