The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Wednesday denied a Haines man’s preliminary permit application for the Walker Lake hydroelectric project and instead awarded the permit to the Tlingit and Haida Regional Electric Authority (THREA).
Timothy Welch, chief of FERC’s West Branch Division of Hydropower Licensing, issued the decision denying Southern Energy Inc.’s permit application. Southern Energy is owned by John Floreske of Haines.
At the center of the dispute between THREA and Floreske was Floreske’s…
