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Generation Plant will Provide Power to South Kachemak Bay Communities
Public Service Announcement
UPDATE: Friday April 11, 2014 at 9:00am
“Good morning…….our crew finished up the pole replacement yesterday evening and the switch from generation to regular power took place at about 5:40 pm. The outage was about two minutes. We are back in normal operations.” – Joe Gallagher
DATE: April 8, 2014
Generation plant will provide power to South Kachemak Bay communities
Homer Electric Association is planning to operate the Gerry Willard Generation Plant in Seldovia from Wednesday morning, April 9th, at approximately 9:00 am until approximately 3:30 pm on Friday, April 11th.
The plant will provide power to Nanwalek, Port Graham and Seldovia while an HEA crew works in the Little Tutka Bay area. The crew will be replacing poles that were damaged in storms earlier this year.
There will not be a power interruption when the generation goes on line on Wednesday, but there will be a short (approximately five minutes) outage on Friday afternoon when the system is put back into normal operations.
As always, please take steps to protect all sensitive electronic equipment in your home and business.
For additional information, please call 1-800-478-8551
Seldovia City on Generation, No Power out of City
by Joe Gallagher
January 4, 2:15 pm – The Gerry Willard Generation Plant in Seldovia is currently on line and providing power to Nanwalek, Port Graham and Seldovia. The area from the Gerry Willard Generation Plant to Jakolof Bay remains without power. HEA has a crew headed to Seldovia at this time in a pilot boat (helicopter unavailable due to bad weather conditions) and will arrive in Seldovia later this afternoon. Upon on arrival, the crew will patrol the line from Seldovia to Jakolof Bay to locate the fault on the power line and make repairs.
Joe Gallagher
Director of Member Relations
Homer Electric Association
Kenai, AK 99611
907-283-2324
907-398-3478 (cell)
HEA Working Hard to Keep the Lights On!
By Joe Gallagher
December 18, 10:45 pm – HEA crews have restored power to the St. Theresa Road and Edgington Road area between Soldotna and Sterling. Line crews are continuing to work on the outage off of Robinson Loop on Red Hill Street that is affecting 27 homes. There is also an outage in the Funny River Road area affecting four homes. On the south side of Kachemak Bay, power is out between Little Tutka Bay and McKeon Flats. The area from Little Tutka Bay to Nanwalek is currently being served by the Gerry Willard Generation Plant in Seldovia.
Joe Gallagher
Director of Member Relations
Homer Electric Association
Kenai, AK 99611
907-398-3478 (cell)
Gerry Willard Generation Plant To Serve the Area During Required Local Maintenance
Public Service Announcement
Nanwalek, Port Graham, and Seldovia will be served by the Gerry Willard Generation Plant for most of the day on Wednesday, March 27th.
The switch to generation, scheduled to take place at 9 am, is required so that HEA crews can do maintenance work on three power poles located between Big Tutka Bay and Little Tutka Bay.
While the work is underway, HEA members between Big Tutka Bay and Little Tutka Bay will not have power.
When the work is completed on Wednesday afternoon, there will be a very brief power outage (one or two minutes) between the Gerry Willard Generation Plant and Little Tutka Bay in order to put the system back into standard operation.
For additional information regarding this press release call:
Joe Gallagher
Homer Electric Association
907-283-2324
Power On, Power Off
by Jenny Chissus
Living in Seldovia, across the bay – over 17 miles from Homer by water or air – you would be amazed at the amount of comfort we enjoy in this quaint community off the road system!
We have HEA (Homer Electric) who provides the city and surrounding areas with electricity, within the city limits we have city water and sewer (Thank you Seldovia City!) and ACS provides great cell service, land lines and internet (some of the highest DSL on the peninsula – you can subscribe to over 7mbps) and I know GCI serves some folks here for cell phone service as well as SpitwSpots for internet. We are totally connected! Living, truly in the lap of luxury in the wilderness of Alaska!!
However, Sunday, we had many brown-outs until the lights flickered off for the last time! Snow was coming down, and the snow loads were heavy in multiple locations, causing problems in the line somewhere, causing our power to shut down. Fortunately for Seldovia, we have a generation plant that has the capability to power our city and out the road to Jakolof during times like these! So, we were back on line – but around 8pm the power went off in a more permanent fashion, as the generation plant lost power due to a faulty main breaker. So now our backup was inoperable! Nightfall Continue Reading
HEA Power Update
by Joe Gallagher
February 25, 1:20 PM – Due to heavy snowfall on the power lines over the weekend, Seldovia, Port Graham and Nanwalek experienced power outages. Because of a main breaker issue, the Gerry Willard Generation Plant went offline. HEA crews flew to Seldovia this morning and replaced the main breaker at the plant and power was then restored to Seldovia at 11:10 a.m. Port Graham is currently on Port Graham generation at this time.
February 24, 8:30 PM – South Kachemak Bay Update: Power is currently out in the Seldovia area and the outage is expected to last through the night. The outage extends from Seldovia to McKeon Flats and is affecting 510 HEA members. The outage, which began at approximately 8 pm, was caused by a fault on the main power line somewhere between Jakolof Bay and McKeon Flats. HEA crews will patrol the line at first light on Monday to locate the problem and make repairs. The Gerry Willard Generation Plant in Seldovia is unable to provide backup power due to a problem with a large electrical breaker at the power plant.
Joe Gallagher
Public Relations Coordinator
Homer Electric Association
Kenai, AK 99611
907-283-2324
907-398-3478 (cell)
February 24, 5:00 PM – South Kachemak Bay Update: HEA crews have completed restoration work in the Seldovia area and the area is back on regular station power. Port Graham and Nanwalek continue to be served through the generator in Port Graham.
February 24, 9:30 am – The communities of Nanwalek, Port Graham and most of Seldovia are without power this morning. The area was being served by the Gerry Willard Generation Plant in Seldovia, but the plant is now off line. HEA crews are planning, weather permitting, to fly over to Seldovia this morning to address the situation.
There are approximately 65 meters that continue to have power in town. The rest do not, due to faults likely caused by snow load.
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