Juneau electricity boss reflects on April avalanches, looks ahead

Bill Corbus, chairman of the board of Juneau’s electric utility works in a two-room office downtown. It’s on the second floor next to a bank of elevators, but the 70-year-old Corbus uses the stairs — in the name of conservation. He says the April avalanches that severed Alaska Electric Light and Power’s connection to low-cost hydropower are the biggest calamity ever to hit the company.

Weld Royal, KTOO – Juneau

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