Sitka asked to cut back even further on electric usage

The Sitka electric department is urging residents to turn off their electric heaters and fire up the diesel or wood stoves. The city has been pushing electric conservation since December, by which time an extended period of low rainfall had dramatically lowered the reservoirs, creating a hydroelectric shortage.

Melissa Marconi-Wentzel, KCAW – Sitka

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