The Haines Borough Assembly will hold a special meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday to formulate comment on a preliminary permit sought by Alaska Power & Telephone. It would give the utility exclusive rights to develop a hydroelectric power plant and rock-fill dam about four miles upstream of Chilkoot Lake.
The privately-owned utility that provides phone and electric service to Haines and Skagway has characterized the Connelly Lake project as its most practical means of increasing power…