May 28, 2026 Seward Folly

Seward’s Electric Department is holding a Town Hall on May 28 at the KM Rae Building to discuss the future of the city’s electric utility. Doors will open at 5:00 p.m., with the program starting at 5:30 p.m. Light food and refreshments will be available.

This meeting will cover the economic differences between several options for the utility’s structure, including remaining municipal, forming a municipal authority, selling to an existing Railbelt cooperative, or creating a locally owned cooperative.

The event is part of an open process to gather community input and help determine the utility’s future direction. Residents are encouraged to attend and take part in the conversation.

“The future direction of Seward’s Electric Utility is going to be one of the biggest decisions our community has made in decades,” states Taylor Crocker. “The last time the structure of the utility changed was in 1938, when the people of Seward voted to transition from a privately owned electric company to a municipally owned utility. That decision helped shape the future of our community for generations.”

 

 Doors open: 5:00 p.m.

 Program begins: 5:30 p.m.

 Light food and refreshments will be provided.