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Kusan shekaru bakwai ke nan tun da Hukumar Gudanarwa ta Alaska ta tsawatar da manyan kamfanonin wutar lantarki na jihar saboda rashin yin aiki tare don inganta dogaro da rahusa a cikin tashar Railbelt.

Kamfanonin sun gabatar da abin da ya kai ga shirin mayar da martani na karshe ranar 25 ga Maris.

Aikace-aikacen Majalisar Dogaro da Railbelt ga RCA zai samar da ƙungiyar amincin lantarki, ko ERO, don sarrafawa, tsarawa da kimanta yuwuwar saka hannun jari a grid watsa tashar Railbelt wanda ke rufe yankuna na kayan aiki guda biyar a cikin yankuna huɗu mafi yawan jama'a na Alaska.

Yayin da majalisar, ko RRC, za ta kasance karkashin jagorancin hukumar da ta hada da wakilai daga kowace ma'aikata a tsakanin darektocin zabe 13, kuma zai kasance mahimmanci ya hada da wakilan masu ruwa da tsaki da yawa wadanda suka ba da shawarar a canza yadda kayan aikin ke gudana.

Shugabar RRC Julie Estey ta ce aikace-aikacen ya sa ƙungiyar ta haɓaka don "ci gaba da haɗin gwiwa, bayyana gaskiya, kyakkyawar fasaha da haɗawa," yayin da ƙungiyar ke ƙoƙarin biyan buƙatun masu amfani da Railbelt.

Tare da tsufa, hanyoyin watsa layin layi guda ɗaya tsakanin cibiyoyin yawan jama'a na Railbelt da farashin iskar gas wanda har zuwa kwanan nan ya ninka sau biyu zuwa uku fiye da yawancin ƙananan 48, matsin lamba don gagarumin canji a cikin tsarin lantarki na Railbelt yana haɓaka don shekaru.

Estey, wanda kuma shi ne harakokin waje, ya ce "Maganin tsarin hadin gwiwa wanda ya hada ra'ayoyi daban-daban tare da fa'idar dukkan yankin an tattauna shi tsawon shekaru da yawa kuma ba za mu iya yin farin ciki da cimma wannan muhimmin ci gaba ba," in ji Estey, wanda kuma shi ne harkokin waje. darektan kungiyar Matanuska Electric."RRC ta yaba da yadda RCA ta yi la'akari da aikace-aikacenmu kuma, idan an amince da mu, mun kasance a shirye don cika muhimmin aikin ERO na farko na jihar."

A cikin watan Yuni 2015, RCA mai mambobi biyar sun bayyana Railbelt grid a matsayin "rarrabe" da "balkanized," yana bayyana yadda rashin tsarin tsarin, tsarin hukumomi a lokacin ya jagoranci kayan aiki don zuba jari kusan dala biliyan 1.5 a cikin sabon sabon iskar gas. - wuraren samar da wutar lantarki tare da ɗan ƙima game da abin da zai fi dacewa ga grid ɗin Railbelt gabaɗaya.

Yankin Railbelt ya tashi daga Homer zuwa Fairbanks kuma yana da sama da kashi 75% na ikon da ake amfani da shi a cikin jihar.

A cikin wani yunƙuri mai wuya ga galibin ƙungiyar gudanarwar siyasa, RCA ta amince da dokar jihar da aka zartar a cikin 2020 waɗanda ke buƙatar kafa Railbelt ERO, da ƙaddamar da wasu manufofinta kuma sun tura abubuwan amfani cikin aiki bayan ƙoƙarin son rai na farko na samar da wasu tsare-tsaren wutar lantarki. kungiyoyi sun tsaya cak.

Ba a iya samun mai magana da yawun RCA a cikin lokaci don wannan labarin.

Babban misali na buƙatun inganta tsarin shine gaskiyar cewa yawancin abubuwan amfani ba su iya ƙara yawan fa'idodin wutar lantarki daga masana'antar Bradley Lake mallakin gwamnati kusa da Homer saboda takurawar hanyoyin sadarwa tsakanin yankin Kenai da sauran Railbelt.Lake Bradley shine mafi girman wurin samar da wutar lantarki a Alaska kuma yana ba da mafi ƙarancin farashi a yankin.

Kamfanonin sun yi kiyasin katsewar wata hudu a shekarar 2019, bayan da wutar lantarki ta Swan Lake da ke kusa da Cooper Landing ta lalata layukan watsawa, masu biyan kudi a Anchorage, Mat-Su da Fairbanks kusan karin dala miliyan 12 saboda ya katse wutar lantarki. daga Bradley Lake.

Chris Rose, darektan zartarwa na Renewable Energy Alaska Project, kuma memba na kwamitin aiwatarwa na RRC, ya daɗe yana cikin waɗanda ke jaddada buƙatar ƙungiyar mai zaman kanta don tsara saka hannun jari a cikin Railbelt wanda zai iya haɓaka inganci tsakanin abubuwan amfani ta hanyar ingantaccen haɗin gwiwar samar da wutar lantarki. da ƙarfafa ƙarin ayyukan wutar lantarki da za a iya sabuntawa a yankin.

Don haka, Gwamna Mike Dunleavy ya gabatar da doka a watan Fabrairu wanda ya ba da umarni, tare da wasu keɓancewa, cewa aƙalla kashi 80% na ikon Railbelt ya fito ne daga hanyoyin da za a sabunta su nan da 2040. Rose da sauran masu ruwa da tsaki sun ce cimma irin wannan ma'auni na fayil ɗin sabuntawa mai yiwuwa ne kawai. tare da wata kungiya mai zaman kanta wacce za ta iya tsara grid na Railbelt don inganta haɗin haɗin wutar lantarki.

Binciken da Hukumar Makamashi ta Alaska ta ba da izini ya kammala cewa ingantaccen tsarin watsa layin dogo zai ci sama da dala miliyan 900, kodayake shugabannin masu amfani da yawa suna tambayar buƙatar yawancin saka hannun jari a cikin wannan jimillar.

Rose a wasu lokuta ta kasance mai sukar yadda shugabannin masu amfani da Railbelt suka tunkari hadewar hanyoyin samar da wutar lantarki da ba su mallaka ba.Shugabannin masu amfani sun dage cewa suna da alhakin kula da bukatun membobinsu da farko, koda kuwa aikin sabuntawa ko saka hannun jari na iya amfani da Railbelt gaba ɗaya.Ya yarda cewa akwai kalubalen da ke tattare da RRC wajen tabbatar da ‘yancin kai, idan aka yi la’akari da abubuwan amfani da sauran masu ruwa da tsaki su ne mafi rinjayen shugabannin hukumar kamar yadda aka tsara, amma ya ce ma’aikatan majalisar za a dora musu alhakin ba da shawarwari masu zaman kansu ga kwamitin ba da shawara wanda zai sanar da shi. hukunce-hukuncen hukumar RRC.

Zai kasance ga ma'aikatan RRC don tantance yuwuwar saka hannun jari da tsare-tsaren raba wutar lantarki, a wani bangare don tabbatar da cewa sun sami ma'ana a duk fadin Railbelt.

"Zai zama ma'aikatan manyan injiniyoyi waɗanda ke jagorantar matakai waɗanda suka haɗa da ƙungiyar aiki da ta ƙunshi dukkan bukatu daban-daban," in ji Rose."Sa'an nan ma'aikatan suna yin aiki da kansu, muna fatan duka tasirin da hukumar za ta iya samu da kuma tasirin da kwamitin gudanarwa zai iya samu."

Idan RCA ta amince da aikace-aikacen a cikin taga na wata shida na al'ada, RRC za ta iya zama ma'aikata kuma a shirye ta fara aiki a kan tsarin haɗin kai na dogon lokaci na farko don grid na yankin a shekara mai zuwa.Tsari na ƙarshe har yanzu yana iya yiwuwa shekaru uku ko huɗu baya, Rose ya kiyasta.

Fayilolin RRC sun yi kira ga ma’aikata 12 da kasafin dala miliyan 4.5 a cikin 2023, wanda kayan aikin suka biya.

Duk da yake sau da yawa yana da fasaha sosai kuma na tsarin mulki, batutuwan da ke haifar da kafa ƙungiyar amincin lantarki ta Railbelt - mai yiwuwa RRC - suna taɓa kowa da kowa a cikin Railbelt yanzu kuma yana iya zama mafi mahimmanci, a cewar Rose.

"Yayin da muka tashi daga jigilar man fetur da zafi zuwa sufurin lantarki da zafi, wutar lantarki za ta kara shafar rayuwarmu kuma akwai karin masu ruwa da tsaki da ke buƙatar zama wani ɓangare na shi," in ji shi.