CIRI's Fire Island Wind project enjoys broad public support and is a strategic first step to lessening our dependence on dwindling sources of Cook Inlet natural gas. A construction company has been hired, civil and electrical engineering are underway and favorable pricing for equipment has been achieved. This project stands ready to provide hundreds of local jobs and millions in municipal tax revenue while benefitting from federal renewable energy grants to further reduce the cost to ratepayers. Yet the project has never been more imperiled.
CIRI invites you to join state policy-makers and business leaders to learn about the progress made to date on advancing the Fire Island Wind project. While discussions with local utilities continue to move forward, I want you to understand that time is of the essence. Completion of the project and capturing its significant benefits will require executed utility board- and Assembly-approved Power Purchase Agreements to be submitted to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska by mid-December 2010. The proposed timeline will enable the project to secure favorable project financing and significant federal funding. Time is running short.
As the Municipality embarks on its second annual "Energy Watch" campaign, calling on citizens to reduce energy consumption during cold snaps that stress our brittle gas system, we urge you to encourage your Southcentral utilities to embrace this fuel-free alternative.
Fire Island Wind is a real, cost-effective solution that can be online and producing fuel-free power by fall 2012.
CIRI strongly believes that there will never be a better opportunity to bring on a commercial-scale wind project at such competitive power costs. The time is now. Please join us.
Respectfully,
Margie Brown
President and CEO
RSVP by replying to this e-mail or e-mailing rsvp@ciri.com.
THANKS GOES TO....
Patrick Lavin
Conservation Policy Advocate
...for the heads up on this one.
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