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John Sims
83:09 - 83:36
"When you look at our arrears or the folks that haven't been able to pay their bills, compared to prior years, we have a $7 million balance compared to what used to be a $1 million balance. So they're already struggling, and that's without the price of gas going up."
“When you look at our arrears or the folks that haven't been able to pay their bills, compared to prior years, we have a $7 million balance compared to what used to be a $1 million balance. So they're already struggling, and that's without the price of gas going up.”
- Speaker
- John Sims
- Timestamp
- 83:09 – 83:36
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- June 1, 2026
From the transcript
When you look at our arrears or the folks that haven't been able to pay their bills, compared to prior years, we have a $7 million balance compared to what used to be a $1 million balance. So they're already struggling, and that's without the price of gas going up. And so I'm going to interject. So you're telling me that you used to kind of waive people's fees and kind of say, okay, we'll work with you. You're going to be on a payment plan from a million and you're telling me now it's at 7 million?
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