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Sele kusondele iminyaka esixhenxe ukusukela oko iKomishoni yoLawulo yaseAlaska yakhuza ezona ndawo zinkulu zombane zelizwe ngokungasebenzi kunye ngakumbi ukuphucula ukuthembeka kunye neendleko eziphantsi kwigridi kaloliwe kaloliwe.

Izinto eziluncedo zingenise ukuba zeziphi izixa-mali kwisicwangciso sabo sempendulo yokugqibela nge-25 kaMatshi.

Isicelo sikaRailbelt Reliability Council kwi-RCA yayiza kwenza umbutho wokuthembeka kombane, okanye i-ERO, ukulawula, ukucwangcisa nokuvavanya utyalo-mali olunokubakho kwigridi yokuhanjiswa kwe-Railbelt egubungela imimandla yezibonelelo ezintlanu kuzo zonke iindawo ezine ezinabantu abaninzi baseAlaska.

Ngelixa ibhunga, okanye i-RRC, iya kukhokelwa yibhodi ebandakanya abameli abavela kwisixhobo ngasinye phakathi kwabalawuli abavotayo abali-13, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba ibandakanye abameli abaliqela abachaphazelekayo abaye bakhuthaza utshintsho kwindlela ezisebenza ngayo ezi nkonzo.

USihlalo we-RRC uJulie Estey uthe isicelo sibophelela umbutho osakhulayo ukuba "uqhubeke nokusebenzisana, ukungafihli, ukugqwesa kobugcisa kunye nokubandakanywa," njengoko iqela lizama ukuhlangabezana neemfuno ezihlala zivela zabathengi bakaRailbelt.

Ngokuguga, amakhonkco othungelwano ngomgca omnye phakathi kwamaziko oluntu akwaRailbelt kunye namaxabiso erhasi yendalo athe kude kube mva nje aphindwe kabini ukuya kwamathathu amakhulu kunawo wonke ama-48 asezantsi, uxinzelelo lotshintsho olubalulekileyo kwinkqubo yombane kaRailbelt yakhelwe. iminyaka.

“Ingcinga yolwakhiwo lwentsebenziswano oluzisa iintlobo ngeentlobo zeembono ezahlukeneyo kunye kuncedo lommandla wonke sele kuxoxiwe ngalo amashumi eminyaka kwaye besingenakonwaba ngakumbi ukuphumeza esi siganeko sibalulekileyo,” utshilo u-Estey, okwangumcimbi wangaphandle. umlawuli weMatanuska Electric Association."I-RRC iyakuxabisa ukuqwalaselwa kwe-RCA ngesicelo sethu kwaye, ukuba samkelwe, sikulungele ukuzalisekisa uthumo olubalulekileyo lwe-ERO yokuqala karhulumente."

NgoJuni 2015, i-RCA yamalungu amahlanu yachaza igridi ka-Railbelt njenge "iqhekeza" kwaye "i-balkanized," ichaza indlela ukungabikho kwenkqubo ebanzi, ulwakhiwo lweziko ngelo xesha kwakhokelela ekubeni izibonelelo zidibanise imali malunga ne-1.5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwigesi entsha eyahlukileyo. -izixhobo zokuvelisa ezigxothiweyo ezinovavanyo oluncinci malunga nokuba yeyiphi eyona nto ingcono kwigridi kaRailbelt iyonke.

Ummandla kaRailbelt usuka eHomer ukuya eFairbanks kwaye ubalelwa ngaphezulu kwe-75% yamandla asetyenziswa kurhulumente.

Kwintshukumo enqabileyo yequmrhu lolawulo lwezopolitiko, i-RCA yavuma umthetho welizwe owaphunyezwa ngo-2020 owawufuna ukusekwa kwe-Railbelt ERO, kwaye ukubeka ezinye zeenjongo zayo kukwatyhalela izinto eziluncedo ukuba zisebenze emva kwemizamo yokuzithandela yangaphambili yokwenza olunye ucwangciso lwamandla. imibutho ithe ngxi.

Isithethi seRCA asifumanekanga kwangethuba kweli bali.

Umzekelo ocacileyo wesidingo sokuphuculwa kwesixokelelwano sisibakala sokuba izinto eziluncedo bezisoloko zingakwazi ukunyusa iindleko zombane wombane ovela kwiziko likarhulumente laseBradley Lake kufuphi neHomer ngenxa yemiqobo kwiintambo zothumelo phakathi kwePeninsula yaseKenai kunye ukuphumla kweRailbelt.I-Bradley Lake lelona ziko lombane likhulu eAlaska kwaye libonelela ngamandla awona maxabiso aphantsi kulo mmandla.

Izinto eziluncedo ziqikelele ukuba ukuphuma kweenyanga ezine ngo-2019, emva kokuba iintambo zothumelo zonakaliswe ngumlilo we-Swan Lake kufuphi ne-Cooper Landing, abahlawuli beendleko e-Anchorage, iMat-Su kunye ne-Fairbanks phantse i-12 yezigidi zeedola kuba iqhawule amandla. ukusuka eBradley Lake.

UChris Rose, umlawuli olawulayo weProjekthi ye-Renewable Energy Alaska, kunye nelungu lebhodi ye-RRC Implementation Committee, uye waba phakathi kwabo bagxininisa imfuno yeqela elizimeleyo lokucwangcisa utyalo-mali kwi-Railbelt enokwandisa ukusebenza kakuhle phakathi kwezixhobo ngokusebenzisa ulungelelwaniso olungcono lokuvelisa amandla. kunye nokukhuthaza iiprojekthi zombane ohlaziyekayo ngakumbi kwingingqi.

Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, uRhulumente uMike Dunleavy ungenise umthetho ngoFebruwari ogunyazisayo, ngaphandle kwezinye izinto, ukuba ubuncinci i-80% yamandla ka-Railbelt avela kwimithombo evuselelekayo ngo-2040. URose kunye nabanye abachaphazelekayo abasebenzayo baye bathi ukufikelela kwinqanaba lepotfoliyo enokuhlaziywa kunokwenzeka kuphela. kunye nombutho ozimeleyo onokucwangcisa igridi ye-Railbelt ukunyusa ukuhlanganiswa kwamandla ahlaziyekayo.

Uphononongo olugunyaziswe yi-Alaska Energy Authority lugqibe kwelokuba inkqubo yothumelo lwe-Railbelt eyomeleleyo, engafunekiyo ingaxabisa ngaphezulu kwe-900 yezigidi zeedola, nangona iinkokeli ezininzi eziluncedo zithandabuza imfuno yotyalo-mali oluninzi phakathi kwelo lilonke.

URose ngamanye amaxesha ube ngumgxeki welizwi malunga nendlela iinkokeli zenkonzo kaRailbelt eziye zasondela ngayo ekudityanisweni kwemithombo yamandla avuselelekayo abangayiyo.Iinkokeli eziluncedo zigxininisa ukuba zinoxanduva lokujonga umdla wamalungu azo kuqala, nokuba iprojekthi ehlaziyiweyo okanye utyalo-mali losasazo lunokuzuzisa iRailbelt iyonke.Uye wavuma ukuba kukho umceli mngeni okhoyo kwi-RRC yokugcina ukuzimela kwayo, njengoko izibonelelo kunye nabanye abachaphazelekayo benza uninzi lweenkokeli zebhodi njengoko kubonisiwe, kodwa wathi abasebenzi bebhunga baya kunikwa uxanduva lokubonelela ngeengcebiso ezizimeleyo kwikomiti yeengcebiso eza kwazisa. izigqibo zebhodi yeRRC.

Kuya kuba kubasebenzi be-RRC ukuba bahlole utyalo-mali olunokubakho lweziseko ezingundoqo kunye nezicwangciso zokwabelana ngamandla, ngokuyinxenye ukuqinisekisa ukuba ziyavakala kwi-Railbelt.

"Kuya kuba ngabasebenzi beenjineli eziphezulu ezikhokela iinkqubo ezibandakanya iqela elisebenzayo elenziwe kuzo zonke izinto ezinomdla," kusho uRose."Abasebenzi ke basebenza ngokuzimeleyo, siyathemba, kuzo zombini iimpembelelo enokuba nazo ibhodi kunye nempembelelo enokuba nayo ikomiti yolawulo."

Ukuba i-RCA iyasivuma isicelo kwisithuba sexesha eliqhelekileyo leenyanga ezintandathu, i-RRC inokuqeshwa kwaye ilungele ukuqalisa ukusebenza kwisicwangciso sayo sokuqala esihlanganisiweyo sesixhobo soncedo kwigridi yommandla kunyaka ozayo.Isicwangciso sokugqibela siseneminyaka emithathu okanye emine kude, uRose uqikelele.

Iifayile ze-RRC zifuna abasebenzi be-12 kunye ne-4.5 yezigidi zebhajethi ngo-2023, ezihlawulwe yi-utility.

Ngelixa ihlala ibuchwephesha kunye ne-bureaucratic, imiba eqhuba ukusekwa kombutho wokuthembeka kombane ka-Railbelt - mhlawumbi i-RRC - ichukumisa wonke umntu kwi-Railbelt ngoku kwaye inokuba ibaluleke ngakumbi, ngokutsho kukaRose.

"Njengoko sisuka ekuthuthweni kwamafutha e-fossil kunye nobushushu ukuya kuthutho lombane kunye nobushushu, umbane uya kuchukumisa ngakumbi ubomi bethu kwaye kukho abachaphazelekayo abaninzi ekufuneka babe yinxalenye yalo," watsho.