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Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.

Clips from Matanuska Electric AssociationClear

Antony Scott

“it is for sure difficult because there are a lot of existing bonds that are out there that pledge certain assets. I mean, without reviewing all the bond covenants, I think would be very difficult to say for sure that, oh yeah, you could just form a single G&T. And then there are also issues around the disposition of co-op utility assets in state law that are very difficult to kind of overcome in terms of voting threshold.”

REAP: 2026 Fall Energy Speaker Series | Exploring Unified Economic Dispatch (Pt. 2) · Oct 7, 2026

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Antony Scott

“One of the issues around the Northern Intertribal right now is it's actually like not close to full capacity right now. I think probably pretty much zero hours of the year. And that's in part because there's not available gas for any of the central or southern utilities to burn to generate power to sell to Golden Valley.”

REAP: 2026 Fall Energy Speaker Series | Exploring Unified Economic Dispatch (Pt. 2) · Oct 7, 2026

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Antony Scott

“there were voluntary efforts among three parties that went on for years that did not conclude, and that looked to be well off the rails when Chugach just chose to acquire MLNP. And one of the things that the RCA did is they conditioned their approval of that transaction on Chugach and MEA concluding their negotiations and bringing a pool agreement.”

REAP: 2026 Fall Energy Speaker Series | Exploring Unified Economic Dispatch (Pt. 2) · Oct 7, 2026

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Julie Estey “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.”

REAP: 2026 Fall Energy Speaker Series | Exploring Unified Economic Dispatch (Pt. 2) · Oct 7, 2026

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Antony Scott

“my conclusion looking at this is it's going to require some policy innovation probably to get us there. One of the traps I think we always end up in is, well, is the juice worth the squeeze, right? Central Power Pool, that's all fine, but look, it's only $7 million a year.”

REAP: 2026 Fall Energy Speaker Series | Exploring Unified Economic Dispatch (Pt. 2) · Oct 7, 2026

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Antony Scott

“both parties have pretty similar fuel costs, and the heat rate differences between the engines that each party has are relatively modest. And so if there aren't big differences in terms of the cost of generation between one party and the next, the benefits from economic dispatch are always going to be lower.”

REAP: 2026 Fall Energy Speaker Series | Exploring Unified Economic Dispatch (Pt. 2) · Oct 7, 2026

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Antony Scott

“Like putting Humpty Dumpty back together again is not easy. So having it kind of spontaneously happen, I think my view is it's— we— I will die first before that happens for sure.”

REAP: 2026 Fall Energy Speaker Series | Exploring Unified Economic Dispatch (Pt. 2) · Oct 7, 2026

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Antony Scott

“is the juice worth the squeeze? Even assuming the system is exactly the same, the answer is yes. I mean, if Golden Valley and Chugach are able to split almost $7 million a year and going forward that number will increase as gas costs increase.”

REAP: 2026 Fall Energy Speaker Series | Exploring Unified Economic Dispatch (Pt. 2) · Oct 7, 2026

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Julie Estey “I do think policy helps create that imperative and sets a timeline because that's another thing we have, you know, we are all very lean organizations.”

REAP: 2026 Fall Energy Speaker Series | Exploring Unified Economic Dispatch (Pt. 2) · Oct 7, 2026

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Julie Estey “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.”

REAP: 2026 Fall Energy Speaker Series | Exploring Unified Economic Dispatch (Pt. 2) · Oct 7, 2026

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Julie Estey “So I do think it's a worthwhile place to start. Now, there are still some disagreements between the two parties of how things, say, should be— how things should be settled out.”

REAP: 2026 Fall Energy Speaker Series | Exploring Unified Economic Dispatch (Pt. 2) · Oct 7, 2026

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Antony Scott

“In terms of the Northern Intertie, there is— I mean, this is a live dispute that the RCA will resolve about whether the Intertie agreement must be unwound or not. So right now there are wheeling charges associated with the Northern Intertie.”

REAP: 2026 Fall Energy Speaker Series | Exploring Unified Economic Dispatch (Pt. 2) · Oct 7, 2026

0:53

Antony Scott

“one of the things that we really want to solve is making sure that Golden Valley Electric has access to gas imports on the same commercial terms that any of the parties south of the range do. Because that will maximize the benefits of a future unified economic dispatch arrangement, because no party which did have access to gas could use their market power to extract rent associated with a gas cost uplift.”

REAP: 2026 Fall Energy Speaker Series | Exploring Unified Economic Dispatch (Pt. 2) · Oct 7, 2026

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Antony Scott

“the answer is, like, this just strikes me as a no-brainer in terms of getting to a more efficient system. The investment is worth it.”

REAP: 2026 Fall Energy Speaker Series | Exploring Unified Economic Dispatch (Pt. 2) · Oct 7, 2026

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Antony Scott

“one of the reasons why I see that as a very significant problem is it undermines the commercial and political rationale for getting people pushed together.”

REAP: 2026 Fall Energy Speaker Series | Exploring Unified Economic Dispatch (Pt. 2) · Oct 7, 2026