Alaska is trolling for PR help for a $5.4 billion hydroelectric power plant project that has gained steam after three decades of planning.
The project, dubbed the Susitna-Watana Project and in development for three decades, is key to Alaska’s plan to get 50 percent of its power from renewable sources and picked up momentum last year when the state moved to spend $65M to build a project team.
The Alaska Energy Authority released an RFP Jan. 24 for PR like media relations, publication development and advocacy assistance as it involves the public in the process.
A $500K PR budget for the first year of a contract is planned.
The 700-foot tall, 600-megawatt dam will create a 39-mile-long reservoir two miles wide. Estimates say it could be on-line by 2023.
Deadline is Feb. 21. View the RFP (PDF).
Project offices are based in Anchorage.