A series of high wind events in Anchorage over the past several days have meant power outages due to storm damage.
Chugach Electric spokesman Phil Styer says it’s too early to estimate the cost of repairs
Styer would not comment on whether or not the electric utility would be receiving state or federal disaster funds. He said that the company is still tallying up how extensive the damage is.
According to the Associated Press, Matanuska Electric Association is approaching half a million dollars in costs from repairing damage from the storms, while the city’s Municipal light and Power has suffered light damage, due to its underground lines.
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APTI Reporter-Producer Ellen Lockyer started her radio career in the late 1980s, after a stint at bush Alaska weekly newspapers, the Copper Valley Views and the Cordova Times. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez Public Radio station KCHU needed a reporter, and Ellen picked up the microphone.
Since then, she has literally traveled the length of the state, from Attu to Eagle and from Barrow to Juneau, covering Alaska stories on the ground for the AK show, Alaska News Nightly, the Alaska Morning News and for Anchorage public radio station, KSKA
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