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===Government and communities=== [[File:Soldotna City Hall.jpg|thumb|Soldotna City Hall]] In addition to the city government offices, Soldotna is home to the [[Kenai Peninsula Borough]] administration and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District administration. The [http://www.kenairivercenter.org Donald E. Gilman River Center] is a multi-agency permitting, information and education center on Funny River Road near the Soldotna municipal airport. The Center houses staff from the Alaska State Parks agency, the Kenai Peninsula Borough (including the habitat protection, floodplain management, and coastal district programs), the [[Alaska Department of Fish and Game]], and the Kenai Watershed Forum. Electricity is supplied by the [[Touchstone Energy|consumer-owned]] [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Soldotna+Power+Plant/@60.4991498,-150.9984125,546m/ Soldotna Generation Plant], operating a 40 [[Megawatt|MW]] General Electric LM6000 [[natural gas]] turbine. The local grid is [[Islanding|islanded]] after the 2019 [[Swan Lake Fire]].<ref name=murray/> A 46 MW two-hour [[Battery storage power station|grid battery]] started [[Ancillary services (electric power)|grid stability]] and [[Peaking power plant|peak power]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carlin |first1=Melissa |title=Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Coming to HEA |url=http://www.homerelectric.com/battery-energy-storage-system-bess-coming-to-hea/ |website=Homer Electric Association Inc |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191214014419/http://www.homerelectric.com/battery-energy-storage-system-bess-coming-to-hea/ |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |date=December 5, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=93 MWh Tesla Megapack Coming To Alaska To Save Customers Cash |url=https://cleantechnica.com/2019/12/10/93-mwh-tesla-powerpack-coming-to-alaska-to-save-customers-cash/ |website=CleanTechnica |date=December 10, 2019}}</ref> in January 2022.<ref name=murray>{{cite web |last1=Murray |first1=Cameron |title=ROUNDUP: Powin gets UL 9540A, Tesla BESS in Alaska inaugurated, Energy Dome enters US |url=https://www.energy-storage.news/roundup-powin-gets-ul-9540a-tesla-bess-in-alaska-inaugurated-energy-dome-enters-us/ |website=Energy Storage News |date=November 3, 2022 }}</ref>
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