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Cook Inlet’s gas shortage has become Fairbanks’ diesel bill

States Newsroom · October 21, 2026

On October 12, Golden Valley Electric Association asked its cooperative members to conserve electricity and prepare for possible controlled power outages. Scheduled maintenance, compounded by an unexpected shutdown of a unit at its North Pole Power Plant, had left the utility running all remaining available generation…

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Cook Inlet’s gas shortage has become Fairbanks’ diesel bill

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