Electricity costs could be going down for Bethel businesses

The high cost of electricity in Rural Alaska might be getting a little cheaper, as utilities buy their annual fuel supplies with low oil prices. But not all will benefit, because of the formula for state fuel cost assistance.
We asked Alaska Village Electric Cooperative President and CEO Meera Kohler is the cost of electricity would be going down any time soon.
“It will be going down,” she said. “How soon remains to be seen.”
AVEC provides power for much of rural Ala