DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES

The city’s solution is a project called DRIVE. It’s short for Developing Recycling Infrastructure and Vehicle End-Of-Life. The plan came together in 2024 and was approved by the City Council in January 2025. In December, the project got a major financial boost. Unalaska was selected for a $3.8 million grant from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to keep the work going.

The Unalaska Department of Public Utilities is upgrading electrical equipment that’s caused some of the island’s recent power outages.The new, more robust transformers will be able to better handle the harsh Aleutian weather, according to acting public utilities director Steve Tompkins. They’re also equipped for possible upgrades to the island’s energy grid, such as renewable energy from nearby Makushin Volcano.

Today is the deadline to submit public comment on the city's permit application for its roughly $54 million dollar Captains Bay Road project. The proposed…

The Unalaska City Council still hasn't decided whether to increase utility rates. That's despite several meetings and many hours of discussion and…

Nearly all of Unalaska lost power for over an hour on Monday evening. The outage left everyone on the city's grid, except for those on Standard Oil Hill,…

A number of recent unplanned power outages in Unalaska were caused by an electronic governor — located on one of the city's diesel engines — that needs…

More than half of the City of Unalaska's tsunami sirens aren't functioning, according to city officials.The city tested its tsunami sirens, which were…

The City of Unalaska has begun installing new utility readers at local homes.The roughly $400,000 system upgrade will allow the Department of Public…

After dealing with a handful of electrical outages earlier this month, Unalaska's powerhouse is fully operational again.That's according to the city's…

Unalaska's power is back on after two island-wide outages in the last two days.The city's Department of Public Utilities has rerouted electricity around a…