Homer Electric Association, through a ballot measure, is asking members if they agree with shifting controlling powers from the state’s Regulatory Commission of Alaska to HEA’s local nine-member board.
HEA says the measure will save money by reducing operational and administrative costs for our members because the cooperative will no longer have to report to the RCA.
Dick Waisanen with HEA, said the special election ballots were mailed out last month.
Waisanen: “The election for the HEA question about when we go self-regulated or not, the ballots go out at the same time that a person gets their bill. So throughout the month of October there’s actually six billing dates that they send out the bills so on those dates they should send out the ballot, so you should get your ballot in a separate envelope about the same time that you get your bill. On your ballot it will state when your ballot is due.”
Ballots are still available at the local offices of Homer Electric Association. The final day that HEA will accept ballots is Monday, November 28.
Ballot counting for the Homer Electric Association, Inc. deregulation election is scheduled to take place Thursday and Friday, December 8–9, 2016, at 8 a.m. in the North Conference room of the office of Thomas, Head & Greisen, located at 1400 West Benson Boulevard, Suite 400, Anchorage, Alaska. If necessary, the ballot counting will continue on Monday, December 12, 2016, at 8 a.m. in Thomas, Head & Greisen’s Main Conference room.
