A Tlingit and Haida Regional Electric Authority (THREA) board member said this week the non-profit plans to forfeit its competition with a Haines company for priority status on the Walker Lake hydroelectric project.
THREA has been jockeying with Southern Energy, Inc., owned by John Floreske of Haines, for the project’s preliminary permit since THREA applied for a competing permit in June.
Board member Larry Beck said in an interview Monday THREA intends to withdraw the…
