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SITKA, ALASKA Sitka is running off of diesel-generated electric power, again.
This time the dry weather is not entirely to blame. Electric Department technicians were tuning the governors at the Green Lake Hydro plant on Wednesday (7-6-11), when a 1980-vintage breaker gave out, taking one of the turbines offline.
The work was being done in order to make the plant more efficient in low lake conditions.
The department has located an original-equipment replacement for the faulty breaker. It should arrive Friday, and could take a few days to test and install.
The electric department fired up one of the four backup diesel generators on Jarvis Street to cover the loss of the Green Lake turbine. Although it will run only during the daytime hours between 6AM and 11PM, the daily cost of diesel fuel is expected to top $13,000.
The department advises Sitkans to switch to non-electric forms of heating where possible this week.
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