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Hydro Project Promises Cheap, Renewable Energy in Chignik Lagoon

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KDLG

A long-awaited run-of-the-river hydro project may provide most of the village's electrical needs.

DILLINGHAM:  Chignik Lagoon hopes to see construction started on a small hydroelectric project that, within a year or two, ought to provide 90% or more the village's electrical needs. As KDLG's Dave Bendinger reports, this is one of several alternative energy projects being studied or under development in the Lake and Peninsula Borough.

Old survey sketches suggest hydro power has been used at Packer's Creek before.
Credit KDLG

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