Utilities
Division Summary
Director - Charles "Chilkoot" Ward 474-5608 cbward@alaska.edu
The Utilities Division operates a combined heat and power plant that provides electric
power, steam heat, domestic water and district-chilled water to campus. The power
plant has a peak load of 9 MW and a power generating capacity of 23 MW. Two coal fired
and two oil fired boilers generate the steam that powers the three steam turbines.
After the steam goes through the turbine, it is used to heat the campus buildings,
and power the absorption chillers for campus cooling. The power plant also has a 9.6MW
backup diesel generator. The Utilities Division is progressive in its approach to
modernization and energy saving efforts. The power plant was built in 1964 and is
in the process of continually being upgraded.
The University operates its own water treatment plant that produces over 87 million
gallons of safe drinking water per year. The two primary and one emergency well are
housed in heated and security alarmed buildings. High purity water to various labs
is also produced.
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Atkinson Building profile and location.
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Phone: (907) 474-7351 Fax: (907) 474-5478
Mailing Address: PO Box 757420 ~ Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-7420
Physical Address: 802 Alumni Drive ~ Fairbanks, Alaska 99775