Today is the day, April 29, voting is officially open in for the election of the Board of Directors for Chugach Electric.

An unsustainable trend is forming especially given our modest overall population increase in the same timeframe.

Alaska is poised to see a once in a generation transformation of the energy industry. The vote comes down to one thing: affordability. In order to capitalize on these opportunities, it will take experienced leadership and strategic thinking. The climate changes and so will the demographics of our state if energy continues to be unaffordable. We can change affordability; we cannot change the climate.