An ongoing dispute over what Southeast developer should have priority status for the Walker Lake hydroelectric project is escalating, with Haines-based Southern Energy, Inc. filing an 11-page broadside against competitor Tlingit and Haida Regional Electrical Authority.
John Floreske Jr., president of SEI, submitted the letter Feb. 8 to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the entity responsible for deciding which company will receive the preliminary permit. Walker Lake is located about seven miles west of Klukwan