An agreement between the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service leaves just one formal step before the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska can open up to development.
Economy
Snettisham outage to cost about half-a-cent/KWH
Alaska Electric Light & Power burned about $430,000 in diesel during last week’s outage.
Quick fix to Snettisham outage
Alaska Electric Light and Power’s Snettisham hydroelectric facility was back in service by mid-afternoon on Saturday, after a Thanksgiving Day power outage.
Update: Snettisham back on line
Tower tipped after guy wire anchors failed; Tower and conductor reported still intact.
Alaska unemployment still lower than nation’s
7.4 percent of Alaskans out of a job, 9 percent in U.S.
BC power line spurs transboundary development
Alaska and Canadian scientists say the B.C. government should study the cumulative impacts of proposed transboundary region development.