Due to low rainfall earlier this season and consequent low lake levels, Alaska Power and Telephone is reluctantly relying on its diesel generators to provide power to Haines residents.
Danny Gonce, AP&T’s power manager for Haines, said the company has been running at 25 percent diesel and 75 percent hydropower since last Friday. For several weeks before that, the company was running at 5 to 7 percent diesel, Gonce said.
Between Goat Lake maxing out…
