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Serving During the Storm
By Sheena Marrs AVEC partners with telephone provider to restore service Bad weather, COVID-19 related shortages and the impending holidays all conspired to make a difficult job harder for Alaska’s rural utilities towards the end of 2021. Thankfully with collaboration and a little thinking out of the box, service was restored to both phone and […]
Bringing Light Into the Darkness
By Sheena Marrs Tips to help you care for Seasonal Affective Disorder Winter is a difficult time for many people. Accomplishing regular activities requires extra effort. Bundling up with additional layers of clothing, fighting your way through the snow to get groceries, and digging a path from your front door can seem daunting for the […]
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Hanging It Up After 28 Years Serving AVEC
By Sheena Marrs Alaska born and bred, Debbie Bullock proudly spent her entire career with Alaska Village Electric Cooperative. Her first professional job resulted in 28 years of service, where she most recently served as AVEC’s manager of administrative services. “Be careful,” she says. “Blink and time is gone.” Before retiring January 6, Debbie oversaw […]
January 2022 Back Page – Off to Juneau!
It is a new year and a new legislative session. The second regular session of the 32nd Alaska Legislature begins January 18, 2022. The AVEC Board and I are joining other electric utility managers from around the state for a trip to Juneau to visit with legislators, share knowledge, and advocate for legislation favorable to […]
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When You Are the Product
Understand your web presence and how you can keep your information secure and private By Sheena Marrs If you have ever had a conversation and were subsequently showered by the topic or related products in ads and your news feed, you are not alone. You may have thought it was a coincidence or, worse, that […]
December 2021 Back Page – Let it Snow
Although elders are expected to be the source for wise words, we often hear wisdom from any number of sources. So often these days proverbs and platitudes come from the inexhaustible well of truth and fiction provided by the internet. My daughter shared some words the other day that rang true, “You can choose to […]
AVEC Spotlight on Pam Lyons
Learn what it takes to be an electric utility procurement specialist By Sheena Marrs Every project needs materials and equipment. The people who can get those are often just as valuable. Pam Lyons started with Alaska Village Electric Cooperative as an engineering secretary in March 2000, shortly after moving to Anchorage from Fairbanks. She welcomed […]