Public comment opening for Kake-Petersburg Intertie
PETERSBURG – The U.S. Forest Service will soon be accepting comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Kake-Petersburg Intertie, a proposed electrical transmission line that would connect Kake to a SEAPA substation in Petersburg.
The proposed project would bring cheaper power to Kake whose 550 residents are currently using costly diesel to power their homes and businesses.
"In 2011, the full retail cost of power in Kake was 62 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), more than five times the rate in the communities of Petersburg, Ketchikan and Wrangell," according to the DE...
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