A recent meeting of the Fairbanks Golden Valley Electric Association drew a large crowd of people upset with rising rates and poor planning. Association officials tried to calm the crowd with statistics and visual aids showing how oil prices have tripled in the last eight years. Wind power, coal plants, and new infrastructure to truck gas in were presented as options. Officials also blamed environmental groups for high costs, saying “they’re standing in the way of more affordable electricity.” Environmentalists responded, saying, “…there are legitimate reasons to oppose the expanding use of coal. It’s the dirtiest fuel in the world.”
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