An Alaska Power & Telephone worker inspects an exhaust stack after an explosion on March 27, 2025, at its power plant in downtown Haines. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Electricity rates for Upper Lynn Canal residents hang in the balance amid debate over a more-than-$100 million bill — and who should pay it.

Sharp rate increases have loomed ever since damage in 2019 to a key underwater transmission cable — one of the two linking Haines…

Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.