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2009 ENERGY CRISIS STORIES
web-posted Sunday, May 31, 2009
For those adults or their children who want something to keep them busy this summer, here are a few camps to consider.
web-posted Sunday, May 31, 2009
An otherwise peaceful, jovial lunch on the helicopter platform near Salmon Dam was interrupted by a surprise attack of snowballs derived from a nearby late-melting snowbank. The perpetrator immediately received a well-deserved dump of snow down the back of the neck. There followed a brief battle, which was halted when a nice hard fast-ball zoomed straight for my head. I dodged. The hurler was removed from the pitcher's mound and relegated to far left field, where a good arm can be put to better use than throwing bean-balls. Peace was then restored with the offering of yummy German chocolate cake for a hiker's birthday.
web-posted Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The Juneau Assembly approved the Juneau School District's $87.9 million operating budget Monday for the 2009-2010 school year but withheld judgment on a smaller pot earmarked for reducing the cost of participating in school athletics and activities.
web-posted Friday, April 10, 2009
Avalanches, bear encounters, moose collisions, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are some of the topics featured in a new Discovery Channel special, "Alaska: Most Extreme." Premiering April 16, the show will air in the middle of a week of programming called "Alaska Week," which begins April 12 and runs through April 17.
web-posted Thursday, April 9, 2009
JUNEAU - Parts of downtown, Douglas and the Valley lost power at about 7 p.m. Wednesday after a generator at the Snettisham hydroelectric site tripped off line, Alaska Electric Light and Power Co. reported.
web-posted Tuesday, March 31, 2009
The Juneau Empire garnered 13 awards from the Alaska Press Club in a wide range of categories including reporting, photography, design, cartoons, online reporting and video. The awards were presented Saturday at a banquet in Anchorage.
web-posted Sunday, March 29, 2009
A man came into our food pantry one night last week. He arrived late, several hours late, but the church was open for some evening activities. He asked if we could help - he was so hungry.
web-posted Sunday, March 22, 2009
The comments associated with your articles are a regular part of my morning routine. I hope you bring them back. Criticisms about them being dominated by a few obnoxious voices are largely true (no doubt some would lump me in that group), but they do provide a valuable means of interaction for the community. And I visit your site far more frequently as a result.
web-posted Wednesday, March 18, 2009
JUNEAU - All Juneau electric users are now back on cheaper electricity.
web-posted Tuesday, March 17, 2009
JUNEAU - All Juneau electric users are now back on cheaper electricity.
web-posted Sunday, February 22, 2009
Karen Waldrip knew something was wrong when she entered the coop and found all the chickens roosting on the top shelf.
web-posted Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Persistent avalanche danger is keeping linemen from fixing the Thane-area power transmission line that was downed on Sunday.
web-posted Monday, February 9, 2009
State road crews were able to reopen Thane Road early Sunday evening, reconnecting about 30 households to the rest of Juneau following a massive slide that blocked the road for more than a day.
web-posted Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Some Juneau electric customers may have unscrewed their light bulbs a little prematurely, now discovering they have a month of conservation left.
web-posted Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. has a better idea now of what measures are feasible to minimize risk and damage to the avalanche-prone transmission lines that bring in 85 percent of Juneau's inexpensive hydroelectricity.
web-posted Monday, February 2, 2009
Repairs to the Snettisham transmission line were completed Sunday evening, returning hydroelectric power to all of Juneau.
web-posted Friday, January 30, 2009
Gov. Sarah Palin spoke to the Alaska Municipal League Thursday in Juneau, giving a well-received message about the need for more transportation and energy projects in the state.
web-posted Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. General Manager Tim McLeod told the Juneau Assembly on Monday that its crews needed only three more days - weather permitting - to finish repairs to the Snettisham transmission lines downed by an avalanche Jan. 12.
web-posted Monday, January 26, 2009
The Snettisham transmission line has again been damaged by an avalanche. Some folks have asked why nothing has been done since last June to mitigate the avalanche danger to the line.
web-posted Sunday, January 25, 2009
Unlike the last time the Snettisham line went down, Juneau residents haven't been complaining to state regulators about their electric utility.
web-posted Sunday, January 25, 2009
Line crewmen worked through bitter cold this week for Alaska Electric Light & Power Co., repairing the Snettisham transmission line that an avalanche took out Jan. 12.
web-posted Sunday, January 25, 2009
Avalanche forecasters, bombing snow from helicopters: not the crazy cowboys you might think.
web-posted Friday, January 23, 2009
The fact that avalanches are not easy to control was again made evident by the recent incident along the Snettisham power line. Efforts have been employed to prevent avalanches from damaging towers along the power line, yet weather proved to be too big a foe.
web-posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Juneau's electric utility is now estimating that electric customers will pay rates next month that are doubled, not tripled, to cover the cost of running the city on diesel.
web-posted Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Throughout the last three years, numerous requests have been made for an independent cost analysis of the Juneau road project. These requests to the Department of Transportation and Gov. Sarah Palin were put out by environmental groups, by both Republican and Democrat state delegates, by Southeast Alaska towns and by individual Alaska citizens. So far these requests have been denied or not accepted. Why is this?
web-posted Sunday, January 18, 2009
A Tuesday story in the Empire incorrectly identified the entity which owns the Snettisham Hydroelectric Project and leases it to Alaska Electric Light & Power. It is the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, not the Alaska Energy Authority, that owns the facility which provided Juneau's power.
web-posted Sunday, January 18, 2009
Workers began the Snettisham power line repair Thursday. If they finish on schedule, Juneau Mayor Bruce Botelho says he's not going to recommend to the Assembly that the city help pay residents' high electric bills.
web-posted Friday, January 16, 2009
Juneau's electric utility said Thursday that residential rates will triple to about 30 cents per kilowatt-hour to cover the cost of diesel, and repairs to the Snettisham power line may be done in a month.
web-posted Thursday, January 15, 2009
Repair work could begin this week on the downed Snettisham transmission tower, but Juneau's electric utility doesn't know how long it will take to restore cheaper hydroelectric power.
web-posted Thursday, January 15, 2009
The effects of Juneau residents' energy conservation may already be showing.
web-posted Thursday, January 15, 2009
Repair work could begin this week on the downed Snettisham transmission tower, but Juneau's electric utility doesn't know how long it will take to restore cheaper hydroelectric power.
web-posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009
As soon as news broke that Juneau was back on diesel fuel, residents switched into energy-conservation mode. And this time around, they panicked less.
web-posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Questions still remain one day after an avalanche that knocked out a Snettisham transmission line 40 miles south of Juneau, causing the city to rely on backup diesel generators for power.
web-posted Tuesday, January 13, 2009
An avalanche took down the Snettisham transmission line Monday afternoon that supplies Juneau with electricity, presenting the possibility of another energy crisis.
web-posted Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Cost estimates were not yet available Monday for the damage done by an avalanche that tore down a Snettisham Hydroelectric Project transmission tower, but a snowslide last year destroyed towers that cost Alaska Electric Light and Power $3.27 million to rebuild.
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web-posted Friday, June 27, 2008
Juneau electricity users as a whole have continued to conserve, according to numbers furnished by the utility.
web-posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. has received authorization from a state agency to borrow as much as $8 million to pay for avalanche repairs to the Snettisham Hydroelectric Project power lines.
web-posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Forget Snettisham. Juneau's trash could be used to power the city.
web-posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Mayor Bruce Botelho has convened a "lessons learned" commission to find out what Juneau has done right, what it has done wrong, and what it can do better the next time it's hit with an emergency.
web-posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008
The Juneau energy crisis is coming to an end but for one grass roots organization the battle against paying the elevated energy rate has only just begun.
web-posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008
New electric rates will be lower than previously anticipated, according to Juneau's electric utility.
web-posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008
While the city ran on diesel, the lakes of Snettisham filled.
web-posted Thursday, June 5, 2008
A shortened repair schedule and a lower-than-expected number of aid applicants means Juneau will likely be getting back much of the money earmarked to help residents and businesses pay high electric bills, according to a city official.
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Locals and business owners are asked how they are cutting back to save on their upcoming electrical bills. | by Abby Lowell
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