23-12-2016 03:05 via alaskapublic.org

HEA members vote against deregulation

(Image Courtesy of HEA)Homer Electric Association members voted overwhelmingly against deregulation, and the cooperative will remain under the oversight of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. About 70 percent of voters said they wanted the RCA, the agency which oversees public utilities in Alaska, to continue the practice. HEA officials made the announcement Dec. 21.
Mike O’Meara, an HEA rate-payer and outspoken critic of deregulation, said members sent a clear me
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