Member-owned electric cooperative serving Anchorage and Southcentral Alaska; the state's largest electric utility.
Anchorage, AK, USA
Anchorage commission weighs 12.5 acres of heavy-industrial rezoning
The Anchorage Planning and Zoning Commission is set to consider recommending that the Assembly rezone about 12.5 acres to heavy industrial.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min readAI
Southcentral is 3 Bcf short this winter, and producers told lawmakers the gas runs out in 2029
ENSTAR has told Alaska lawmakers it is 3 billion cubic feet short of gas this winter, and the storage that could cover it is already committed to ENSTAR under a contract being renegotiated. Producers told a joint committee Cook Inlet cannot cover Southcentral demand past 2029.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage clears a substation plat on quake-prone Port ground
The Anchorage Platting Board approved splitting Port of Alaska land and rerouting Terminal Road for a new Chugach Electric substation on ground the municipality maps as high or very high risk for earthquake-induced ground failure, with no soils report in the application file and no public comment from 553 mailed notices.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Port of Alaska advances a new substation to power its next cranes
The Anchorage Platting Board on Wednesday approved splitting a Port of Alaska tract, listed at 606.95 acres on the preliminary plat, and realigning part of the Terminal Road right-of-way westward. The action clears a land-use step for a new Chugach Electric substation.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage weighs $470,000 no-bid sale of Government Hill lot
Chugach Electric would take outright ownership of the former Fire Station No. 2 lot at 921 Hollywood Drive for $470,000 under an ordinance noticed for an Aug. 18 Anchorage Assembly hearing. The sale is non-competitive, and it conveys land, not an easement.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
The Mental Health Trust granted Chugach an easement without saying what it charged
The Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Office adopted its Chugach Electric easement decision as final on June 30 after no one commented, clearing a 1,507-foot corridor across about 0.75 acres of Trust land at Community Park Loop in Anchorage.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min readAI
Port of Alaska seeks road realignment for Chugach Electric substation
The Port of Alaska wants to vacate part of the 80-foot Terminal Road right-of-way and rededicate it westward so Chugach Electric can build a substation. Planning staff recommend approval, and the Anchorage Platting Board hears the case Wednesday, Sept. 2.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Chugach wants another cent for the gas it sells to itself
Regulators are taking comment until Sept. 3 on Chugach Electric's request to raise the price it charges itself for Beluga River Unit gas from $8.13 to $8.14 per Mcf. The cost reaches Anchorage bills through the utility's COPA surcharge.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago1 min readAI
Enstar tells legislators it's 18 days short of gas for winter
Enstar told Alaska legislators it is about 3 billion cubic feet short of gas for winter after two supplies fell through, and negotiated exchanges would not fully close the gap.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min readAI
Alaska regulators may open the grid to far more home and community solar
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has proposed raising the net metering cap from 1.5 percent to 20 percent of a utility's average retail demand. The proposal returns as a discussion item Wednesday, Aug. 26, more than 20 months after public comment closed.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A faulting cable under the Loussac Library would cost the city a permanent easement
An ordinance before the Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday, Aug. 18, would grant Chugach Electric a free perpetual easement across about 49,780 square feet of the Loussac Library grounds to replace faulting buried cable the city calls the only alternate feed for the area.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Anchorage planning commission approves Chugach substation rebuild over neighbor's objection
The Anchorage Planning and Zoning Commission approved Chugach Electric's redesigned Campbell Lake substation rebuild Monday, along with landscaping and fence-height variances, after a Southport resident testified that two 15-foot transformers would sit less than 25 feet from a neighbor's home.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A Chugach substation rebuild draws a neighbor's concern over transformers near a home
Chugach Electric's Campbell Lake substation rebuild goes before Anchorage's planning commission Monday, as a community advisory member seeks protections for a neighbor near the planned transformers.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Chugach seeks industrial zoning for its campus, dropping a buffer
Anchorage's Planning Commission backed rezoning Chugach Electric's North Campus to heavy industrial and dropping a greenway buffer tied to a possible highway route.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Anchorage moves to sell an old Government Hill fire station to Chugach Electric
An ordinance before the Anchorage Assembly would sell the former Fire Station No. 2 on Government Hill to Chugach Electric for $470,000 without competitive bidding.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Neighbors got the tower dropped from a south Anchorage substation rebuild
Chugach Electric's second attempt to permit a rebuild of the 1976 Campbell Lake substation, serving about 4,600 south Anchorage properties, goes before the Planning and Zoning Commission on August 10. The tower is gone; two variances and one neighbor's objection remain.
by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 1mo ago1 min readAI
Chugach wants to trade a planned greenway for heavy industrial zoning
Chugach Electric asked Anchorage to drop a planned pedestrian greenway and rezone its North Campus for heavy industry, a change city planners recommend approving.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Chugach Electric proposes 3.5% rate hike to cover $11.2 million shortfall
Chugach Electric Association filed a rate case with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska on Aug. 18, 2025, seeking a 3.5% average residential bill increase to address an $11.2 million revenue shortfall; the RCA's final decision is expected by November 2026.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min readAI
Chugach and Glenfarne Alaska LNG signed a non-binding LOI — a step, not a contract
Chugach Electric Association and Glenfarne Alaska LNG signed a non-binding letter of intent for North Slope gas delivery — one of several Chugach hedges
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago2 min readAI
Chugach is pursuing four hydroelectric projects to hedge against Cook Inlet gas decline
Chugach Electric Association filed FERC preliminary permits for four hydroelectric projects on Southcentral Alaska creeks totaling 52 megawatts
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska's biggest utility may start importing the gas its own region once exported
Chugach Electric Association's board reviewed 2025 accomplishments including the MLNP integration, labor contract renegotiations, and adoption of an Integrated Resource Plan. Gas supply uncertainty dominated discussion, with the board moving quickly on storage agreements and short-term imports to keep power reliable and affordable for members.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago2 min readAI