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Haines Borough Energy Sustainability Commission |
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Retail Energy Prices in the Chilkat Valley |
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Retail data is collected from 5 transportation fuel retail outlets, and the sole suppliers for heating fuel (Delta Western) and propane (Haines Propane). |
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Check back for a more up-to-date graphic for electric rates. APT has been granted a 9% interim "refundable" increase until February 2010. (See the RCA order in the ESC December 9 meeting packet). The APT monthly residential customer charge has increased from $11.86 to $12.93. The electric rate is $0.1355 per KWH compared to the April '09 rate of $0.1243. |
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The Alaska State Motor Fuel Tax was reinstated September 1. 2009. Motor fuel tax rates are 0$.08 per gallon on gasoline, diesel, and gasohol for highway use and $0.05 per gallon on the fuels for marine use. Stove oil and furnance oil, available from a single supplier in the Chilkat Valley (Delta Western). Propane is also only available from a single supplier (Haines Propane). |
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February 18, 2010 Two Studies of Rural Fuel Pricing Released by the State of Alaska, Department of Law, Attorney General's Office. The Press Release states that the Attorney General's Report finds the following:
The ISER (Institute of Social and Economic Research, UAF) study found that recent high prices in Western Alaska are due in part to a convergence of factors including:
Download the Attorney General's Report {Download} Download the Summary of the ISER report: Market Factors and Characteristics Influencing Rural Alaska Fuel Prices, February 2010 {Download} Download the complete ISER report {Download} |
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