3/20/20 3:40pm UPDATE: Another storm is headed towards Fairbanks, with another 3-5 inches of snow expected by 6pm Sat, March 21. GVEA remains ready to respond as needed, should any outages occur. ————— GVEA is monitoring the winter weather advisory that is in effect...
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GVEA’s Ready for Forecasted Winter Storm
3/20/20 3:40pm UPDATE: Another storm is headed towards Fairbanks, with another 3-5 inches of snow expected by 6pm Sat, March 21. GVEA remains ready to respond as needed, should any outages occur. --------------- GVEA is monitoring the winter weather advisory that is...
Winter Storm Warning Issued for Interior AK
The various news agencies are all reporting a winter storm is heading towards the Interior of Alaska. The reports indicate that we should expect 6 to 12 inches of snow, accompanied with strong winds at the higher elevations. To read the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner's...
Phone Issues During Outage Probably Tied to Cell Phone Towers
GVEA conducted research into comments received from members about not being able to get through to GVEA's phone system during the widespread outage that occurred Tuesday night. This was of significant importance to GVEA, since we were assured that the Interactive...
Interior experiences widespread outages
Thursday 8:12am - power has been restored to Delta. Trees falling into the powerline were the culprit. Thursday 4:40am update - we're showing approximately 900 members out in the Delta area of Nistler Rd, Remington Rd., the Clearwater area. Crews have been dispatched....
Series of Widespread Outages Hit Interior
Over the past nine days, GVEA's system handled three widespread outages, plus various smaller outages. At the time of each of these large outages, GVEA was purchasing power over the Intertie from utilities located in south-central Alaska. Here's what we know:...
Update Your Phone Number With GVEA
When you call to report an outage and we have your current phone number on file, our Outage Management System recognizes your location, compares it with any known outages and alerts our staff. This enables us to dispatch a repair crew more quickly and efficiently. If...
Track a Power Outage in Real Time
GVEA has installed a new Outage Management System (OMS). If you experience an outage, you can track the outage via GVEA's outage map. Simply go to https://outage.gvea.com to access the outage map (or click here). The grayed area on the map indicates GVEA's service...
Storm Cleanup Continues
We appreciate those members who have reported trees in power lines (aka hazard trees). The crews are in the process of cleaning up after the storm, and many of these trees will be cleared, but this will take time. Similar to how the outage was worked, the crews are...
GVEA continues power restoration work
6:40pm Update – Reminder: If you’re still without power, we want to talk with you … person-to-person, on the phone. Please call our Call Center at 907-452-1151. Note: Email and Facebook are not the means of communicating at this stage of power restoration. There...