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January 16, 2009

Avalanche spikes Juneau power prices

By STEVE QUINN
Associated Press Writer

JUNEAU, Alaska — Ken and Jill Alper just this month paid off a $5,000 electric bill for their bakery, the result of a five-fold price hike after an avalanche last April took out power lines from the city's hydroelectric plant.

They didn't get to enjoy the respite long. Another avalanche on Monday ripped out more transmission lines, forcing the utility provider back to more expensive diesel fuel to power the city of about 30,000 people.


 
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