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This Week in History

January 27, 1969 WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE… in the street… under the street… but not in the pipes, so City of Haines maintenance men spent their Saturday locating a water main break under the new blacktop of Second Avenue. By the time they had located it and patched it, the city was out of water. To […]

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Borough looks at own Connelly hydro permit

The Haines Borough is looking into filing for a preliminary permit for the Connelly Lake hydroelectric project, recently dropped by private company Alaska Power and Telephone. Mayor Stephanie Scott said she asked assistant to the manager Darsie Culbeck to investigate the procedures and costs that would be associated with the borough getting involved with the Connelly Lake project.  Culbeck said in an interview […]

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Money issues sank Connelly Lake plans

Difficulty securing funding from the state-operated Alaska Energy Authority appears to have been the key factor in Alaska Power and Telephone’s decision to abandon permitting for the Connelly Lake hydro project. The scale and cost of the project – including a plan to sell excess power to cruise ships – hurt state funding opportunities, according to recent […]

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AP&T drops effort for Connelly hydro

Alaska Power and Telephone pulled the plug on the Connelly Lake hydroelectric project, surrendering its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) preliminary permit for the project June 13.   The primary factor in the company’s decision is that existing demand for power isn’t sufficient to build the project and maintain or lower local rates, said project manager Glen […]

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Residents react to Connelly Lake decision

Residents and organizations in Haines have debated the merits and drawbacks of Alaska Power and Telephone’s proposed hydroelectric project at Connelly Lake for at least three years. When the utility announced last week it would stop pursuing the project for the time being and surrender its preliminary permit, some celebrated and others fretted: Jerry Lapp (Haines Borough […]