The submarine cable that brings hydroelectric power to Haines has been damaged and could fail at any time, Alaska Power & Telephone officials warned this week. Such failure would force Haines to fire up its diesel generators downtown and would likely drive up prices.

“It’s going to fail,” AP&T operations manager Darren Belisle told the CVN. “It could be tomorrow, it could be a year from now. We’re just getting the word out that this…