BOARD EXPERIENCE

• Kenai Borough Resilience & Security Advisory Commission (2025-present)
• Kachemak Nordic Ski Club (2020-25)
• Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP) (2014-22)

Peter Crimp

PETER’S MAIN GOAL

1. Deliver reliable and affordable power to HEA ratepayers.
2. Make our power system stronger and more resilient by being open to using diverse energy sources cost-effectively and responsibly.
3. Be transparent and responsive to the ratepayers I represent.

“HEA’s energy picture has changed over the years. Supply of Cook Inlet natural gas to our power plants, which has provided over 85% of our energy for decades, is dwindling. Now we’re making plans to import liquefied natural gas from Outside—along with volatile world markets, rising prices, and less local control.

Meanwhile, the potential for using our other local, abundant energy sources—wind, hydro, and solar—has grown as technologies have advanced and become less expensive. And development continues on other potential resources, such as tidal and geothermal. We’ve already made the wise decision to invest in a large battery system in Soldotna that could help integrate intermittent, zero-fuel-cost wind and solar into the system.

I’m a 44-year resident of Alaska and a former deputy director of Alaska Energy Authority. I’m running for the Homer Electric board because I have a long history in energy planning and project development in Alaska, and I think I can contribute to this cooperative.”

BIO

Peter Crimp is a part-time consultant in energy and natural resource development based out of Homer, Alaska. Representative projects: business plan for Pt Graham’s community biomass heating system currently under construction; forest plan for the Dillingham area Native corporation; and assessment of energy options for the Municipality of Anchorage with Deerstone Consulting. Peter retired from Alaska Energy Authority as deputy director in 2012 after 20 years, where he managed the state’s Renewable Energy Fund grant program and oversaw engineers and planners responsible for alternative energy and energy efficiency development. He began at AEA in 1993 as biomass energy (i.e. wood, fish oil, garbage) program manager. Earlier work was in Fairbanks with DNR Forestry and Dillingham with the Coastal Management program.

Currently Peter serves on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Resiliency & Security Advisory Commission. And earlier on the Kachemak Nordic Ski Club board in Homer as treasurer and/or member from 2020-25, and on the Renewable Energy Alaska Project board of directors 2014-22, including two years as chair. He holds a master’s degree in forestry from University of Washington and a bachelor’s degree at Brown. Peter and his family have run a Bristol Bay setnet and direct market operation since 1988.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Crimp Energy Consulting (2013-25)
• Alaska Energy Authority (1993-2012)
• Bristol Bay Coastal Resource Service Area (1988-1990)
• Alaska DNR Div. Forestry (1984-88)
• Small Boat Salmon LLC (1988-present)

BOARD EXPERIENCE

• Over 30 years of experience in not-for-profit board governance and board functions.
• Currently, Peninsula Community Health Services of Alaska Inc (PCHS), Soldotna, 2008 – two terms as president, chair of finance & clinical operations committees.
• Current board member of the Kenai Watershed Forum, Kenai Soil and Water Conservation District. Past board seats with Tsalteshi Trails Association, Chair of the AK Society of American Foresters, and SAF national committee service.

Mitchell Michaud

MITCH’S MAIN GOAL

“If elected to represent Homer Electric Association members, my top priority will be increasing transparency in HEA governance and providing clear, accessible information about energy supply, programs, and rates. We all pay for electricity—through HEA bills, rent, or the price of goods and services—and while our energy provider choices are limited, we have a voice through our elected board. I will be that voice.

I will push to diversify HEA’s energy portfolio by reinstating goals that encourage a broader mix of sources, increasing HEA’s ownership in generation, and expanding local renewable projects to create jobs for Alaskans.

We must also plan for the long term. Over the next 20 years, Alaska’s energy mix will change—hydropower, wind, solar, geothermal, and tidal resources are growing nationally and worldwide, lowering costs and reducing dependence on any single source. HEA must move forward with that progress.

Outdated approaches won’t solve today’s or tomorrow’s challenges. Thoughtful planning and forward-looking leadership are essential to ensure reliable, affordable power for HEA members now and in the future.”

WORK EXPERIENCE

Private Consulting Forester Dogon Enterprises

• Provide Forest management and land-use consulting services.
• Advise clients on sustainable harvesting, reforestation, and long-term resource stewardship. Vegetation Manager & Silviculturist (2018) USDA Forest Service – Chugach National Forest
• Led vegetation management, harvest, and silviculture programs.
• Wrote the forest management section for the USFS Chugach Forest Management Plan.
• Coordinated federal reviews and permitting, including Grant Lake Hydroelectric project veg impacts.

State Resource Forester (1999–2015), AK USDA NRCS (1987 – 1998), Maine USDA

• Worked with private landowners to promote sustainable harvesting and reforestation,
• Provided technical guidance on forest productivity and long-term land management,
• Biofuels and wildlife management.