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Patha zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri kuchokera pamene bungwe la Regulatory Commission ku Alaska linadzudzula mabungwe akuluakulu amagetsi m'boma chifukwa chosagwira ntchito limodzi kuti atsimikizire kudalirika komanso kutsika mtengo mu gridi ya Railbelt.

Zothandizira zidapereka ndalama zomwe zikugwirizana ndi dongosolo lawo lomaliza la Marichi 25.

Ntchito ya Railbelt Reliability Council ku RCA ipanga bungwe lodalirika lamagetsi, kapena ERO, kuti lizitha kuyang'anira, kukonza ndi kuwunika ndalama zomwe zingachitike mu gridi yotumiza ya Railbelt yomwe imakhudza madera azinthu zisanu m'madera anayi okhala ndi anthu ambiri ku Alaska.

Ngakhale kuti khonsolo, kapena RRC, idzatsogozedwa ndi komiti yomwe ili ndi nthumwi zochokera ku bungwe lililonse pakati pa ovota 13, kuyeneranso kuphatikizirapo oyimilira okhudzidwa angapo omwe alimbikitsa kusintha momwe mabungwe amagwirira ntchito.

Wapampando wa RRC Julie Estey adati ntchitoyo ipereka bungwe latsopanoli kuti "lipitilize mgwirizano, kuwonekeratu, kuchita bwino paukadaulo komanso kuphatikiza," gululi likuyesera kukwaniritsa zomwe ogula a Railbelt akusintha.

Ndi ukalamba, kulumikizana kwa mzere umodzi pakati pa malo okhala anthu a Railbelt ndi mitengo yamafuta achilengedwe yomwe mpaka posachedwapa yakhala yokulirapo kuwirikiza katatu kuposa gawo lonse la Lower 48, kukakamizidwa kwa kusintha kwakukulu mumagetsi a Railbelt kwakhala kukukulirakulira. zaka.

"Lingaliro la dongosolo logwirizana lomwe limabweretsa malingaliro osiyanasiyana opindulitsa m'dera lonse lakhala likukambidwa kwazaka zambiri ndipo sitingakhale okondwa kukwaniritsa izi," adatero Estey, yemwenso ndi wakunja. Director wa Matanuska Electric Association."RRC ikuyamikira momwe RCA idaganizira za pempho lathu ndipo, ngati itavomerezedwa, ndife okonzeka kukwaniritsa ntchito yovuta ya ERO yoyamba ya boma."

Mu June 2015, RCA ya anthu asanu adalongosola gululi la Railbelt ngati "logawanika" ndi "balkanized," kufotokoza momwe kusowa kwa dongosolo lonse, dongosolo la mabungwe panthawiyo linatsogolera mabungwe kuti awononge ndalama pafupifupi $ 1.5 biliyoni mu gasi watsopano. -malo opangira zida zothamangitsidwa popanda kuwunika pang'ono pazomwe zingakhale zabwino kwambiri pagulu la Railbelt.

Dera la Railbelt limachokera ku Homer kupita ku Fairbanks ndipo limawerengera mphamvu zoposa 75% za mphamvu zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito m'boma.

Mosawerengeka ku bungwe loyang'anira zandale, RCA idavomereza malamulo aboma omwe adakhazikitsidwa mu 2020 omwe amafunikira kukhazikitsidwa kwa Railbelt ERO, ndikuyika zina mwazolinga zake zidapangitsanso kuti zidazo zigwire ntchito pambuyo poyesa dala kupanga mapulani ena amagetsi. mabungwe adayimilira.

Mneneri wa RCA sanapezeke munthawi yake pankhani iyi.

Chitsanzo chodziwikiratu chakufunika kokonzanso makinawa ndi chakuti mabungwe oyendera magetsi nthawi zambiri amalephera kukweza mtengo wamagetsi opangira magetsi amadzi kuchokera ku fakitale ya boma ya Bradley Lake pafupi ndi Homer chifukwa cha zovuta zamanjira zodutsa pakati pa Kenai Peninsula ndi ena onse a Railbelt.Bradley Lake ndiye malo akulu kwambiri opangira magetsi ku Alaska ndipo amapereka mphamvu zotsika mtengo kwambiri m'derali.

Zothandizirazi zikuyerekeza kuti kutha kwa miyezi inayi mu 2019, mizere yotumizira itawonongeka ndi moto wa Swan Lake pafupi ndi Cooper Landing, omwe amalipira ndalama ku Anchorage, Mat-Su ndi Fairbanks pafupifupi $ 12 miliyoni chifukwa adadula magetsi. kuchokera ku Bradley Lake.

Chris Rose, wamkulu wa Renewable Energy Alaska Project, ndi membala wa komiti ya RRC Implementation Committee, wakhala nthawi yayitali m'modzi mwa omwe akugogomezera kufunika kwa gulu lodziyimira pawokha kuti likonzekere mabizinesi mu Railbelt zomwe zitha kupititsa patsogolo magwiridwe antchito pakati pazithandizo pogwiritsa ntchito njira yabwino yopangira magetsi. ndikulimbikitsanso ntchito za magetsi ongowonjezedwanso m'derali.

Kuti izi zitheke, Gov. Mike Dunleavy adapereka malamulo mu February kulamula, kupatulapo, kuti osachepera 80% ya mphamvu ya Railbelt imachokera ku magwero ongowonjezwdwa ndi 2040. Rose ndi ena ogwira nawo ntchito anena kuti kukwaniritsa mulingo wongowonjezwdwa wotere ndi kotheka. ndi bungwe lodziyimira pawokha lomwe lingakonzekere gridi ya Railbelt kuti akwaniritse kuphatikiza kwa mphamvu zongowonjezwdwa.

Kafukufuku wopangidwa ndi a Alaska Energy Authority atsimikiza kuti njira yamphamvu yotumizira njanji ya Railbelt ingawononge ndalama zokwana $900 miliyoni, ngakhale atsogoleri ambiri amakayikira kufunikira kwa mabizinesi ambiri omwe ali mkati mwake.

Nthawi zina Rose wakhala akutsutsa momveka bwino momwe atsogoleri a Railbelt adayendera kuphatikizika kwa magetsi omwe sakhala nawo.Atsogoleri ogwira ntchito amaumirira kuti ali ndi udindo woyang'ana zofuna za mamembala awo poyamba, ngakhale ntchito yongowonjezedwanso kapena kutumiza ndalama kungapindulitse Railbelt yonse.Adavomereza kuti pali vuto lomwe lidachitika mu RRC kusunga ufulu wawo wodziyimira pawokha, popeza mabungwe ndi ena omwe akuchita nawo mbali ndi omwe amapanga utsogoleri wa board monga momwe akuganizira, koma adati ogwira ntchito ku khonsolo adzapatsidwa ntchito yopereka malingaliro odziyimira pawokha ku komiti ya alangizi yomwe idzadziwitse. zisankho za board ya RRC.

Zikhala kwa ogwira ntchito ku RRC kuti awone momwe angagwiritsire ntchito ndalama zogwirira ntchito komanso mapulani ogawana mphamvu, mwa zina kuti awonetsetse kuti akumveka bwino pa Railbelt.

"Adzakhala ogwira ntchito zamainjiniya akuluakulu omwe amatsogolera njira zomwe zimaphatikizapo gulu logwira ntchito lomwe lili ndi zokonda zosiyanasiyana," adatero Rose."Ogwira ntchito ndiye akudziyimira pawokha, tikukhulupirira, pazokhudza zomwe bungwe lingakhale nalo komanso mphamvu zomwe komiti yoyang'anira ingakhale nayo."

Ngati RCA ivomereza ntchitoyo mkati mwa zenera la miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yokhazikika, RRC ikhoza kukhala ndi anthu ogwira ntchito ndipo ili okonzeka kuyamba kugwira ntchito pa dongosolo lake loyamba la nthawi yayitali lothandizira gululi chaka chamawa.Dongosolo lomaliza likadali zaka zitatu kapena zinayi, Rose akuti.

Zolemba za RRC zimafuna antchito 12 ndi bajeti ya $ 4.5 miliyoni mu 2023, yolipidwa ndi othandizira.

Ngakhale nthawi zambiri zimakhala zaukadaulo komanso zowongolera, nkhani zomwe zimayendetsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa bungwe lodalirika lamagetsi la Railbelt - mwina RRC - zimakhudza aliyense mu Railbelt tsopano ndipo zitha kukhala zofunika kwambiri, malinga ndi Rose.

"Pamene tikuyenda kuchokera ku mafuta oyendetsa mafuta ndi kutentha kupita ku magetsi ndi kutentha, magetsi adzakhudza kwambiri miyoyo yathu ndipo pali okhudzidwa ambiri omwe akuyenera kukhala nawo," adatero.