SEAPA approves rebates, Whitman Lake agreement

At their regular board meeting last week in Ketchikan, Southeast Alaska Power Agency (SEAPA) approved rebates to member utilities, discussed the progress of the Swan Lake expansion project and approved the Whitman Lake True Up Agreement.

Though rebates to member utilities were approves, the amount Wrangell will receive is still being worked out.

“We don’t really know at this point,” said Sharon Thompson, executive assistant at SEAPA. Typically, the amount is equivalent to a half cent per kilowatt hour and is based on each community’s consumption for the year.

“Ketchikan naturally gets a higher...