Stephan Harbour
92:39 - 93:26
“this ordinance needs to pass because either all-inclusive or, or as it is, banning generators, because it's not out of the realm of possibilities”
- Speaker
- Stephan Harbour
- Timestamp
- 92:39 – 93:26
- Transcript
- Petersburg Borough: Assembly Meeting
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- November 3, 2026
From the transcript
This ordinance needs to pass because either all-inclusive or, or as it is, banning generators, because it's not out of the realm of possibilities. I've read so many newspaper articles in the last, uh, couple weeks about communities that have generators running 24/7 to bridge what the power company has available, or they're in the middle of nowhere with power. And I don't want to be tarred and feathered and ran out of town because I supported a 2-megawatt data center and that's what they got, and somebody decides down the road to run generators 24/7. It's a very real possibility, so just keep that in mind. Thank you.
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