Julie Estey
14:08 - 14:39
"you know, looking at some of the projections for what the— what Economic Dispatch could glean, you know, being in that $30 million, we're seeing, you know, $6 to $7 million a year, which is a lot."
“you know, looking at some of the projections for what the— what Economic Dispatch could glean, you know, being in that $30 million, we're seeing, you know, $6 to $7 million a year, which is a lot.”
- Speaker
- Julie Estey
- Timestamp
- 14:08 – 14:39
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 7, 2026
From the transcript
And, you know, looking at some of the projections for what the— what Economic Dispatch could glean, you know, being in that $30 million, we're seeing, you know, $6 to $7 million a year, which is a lot. And we would gladly take those savings in this day and age with the price of everything else increasing. So it's absolutely working. Both our members and Chugach Electric members are benefiting from it. And we're working through a lot a lot of the kinks.
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