KETCHIKAN, Alaska — Ketchikan’s power utility is asking customers to throttle back their electrical usage. Diesel generators power the other 18 megawatts. Last month, at the direction of the Southeast Alaska Power Association, KPU began transmitting power from Swan Lake to the Tyee Lake hydro facility. The intention was to help Wrangell and Petersburg, which also face low lake levels. We want to figure out what’s the best strategy to get all of us to pull through it.”——Information from: Ketchikan (Alaska) Daily News, http://www.ketchikandailynews.com

Source: National Post February 16, 2019 17:26 UTC