An electrical power surge during the Chilkat Valley’s recent, heavy snowstorm caused damage to homes along Lutak Road. While Alaska Power and Telephone is encouraging residents to fill out an incident form if they experienced damage as a result, a spokesperson said the company rarely compensates homeowners in this type of situation. 

The trouble started on Oct. 18 with an areawide outage. According to AP&T data, it occurred at 1:43 p.m. and lasted for less…

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