On March 1, 2005, the Anchorage Assembly adopted certain revisions to Section 21.90, Utility Distribution Facilities, of the Anchorage Municipal code. In accordance, Chugach is required to spend two percent of its retail revenue annually to underground existing overhead facilities. Over spending or under spending in a certain year may be carried over as an adjustment to the following year's obligation.

The following documentation contains Chugach's five-year undergrounding plan. Overall, the plan calls for spending $16,015,000 on undergrounding existing overhead lines from 2006 to 2010. The projects were chosen taking into account Chugach’s overall system needs and consideration of designated target areas. The inclusion of a project within this plan does not guarantee that the project will be constructed in the designated year.

1. University Substation to Retherford Substation 138-kV line
A 138kV transmission line will be constructed to link the new Retherford Substation south of Dimond Center with the University Substation south of Tudor between Bragaw and Boniface.The line will be routed along O'Malley Road between the Alaska Railroad and Elmore/Abbott Loop Road to connect with an existing 138kV line that runs north and south along the Bragaw-Elmore alignment. A 1-mile section of this line between 104th Avenue & Abbott Road will be constructed on the west side of Elmore Road. This route was included in the Municipality of Anchorage's Utility Corridor Plan on 10/25/2005 through Assembly Ordinance AO2005-121 after a Planning and Zoning Commission Public Hearing and Resolution on 8/8/2005. Construction is scheduled for 2008-2009.

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Questions or comments on this project may be sent to Dora Gropp, Chugach Electric Association, Inc..

2. Abbot Loop Substation
Chugach plans to build a new distribution substation at a site to be determined to serve the growing electrical needs of customers in this area of southeast Anchorage. This project is scheduled for 2010.