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PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that due to recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and its social distancing guidelines, the Southeast Alaska Power Agency's (SEAPA) Swan Lake and Tyee Lake Hydroelectric facilities are temporarily closed to public access until further notice for the protection of SEAPA employees and to help ensure continuity of electric service. If you have any questions, please call 907.228.2281.
Governance
- SEAPA is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of individuals appointed by the Mayors of each of SEAPA’s member communities
IMPORTANT DATES
| SEAPA Regular Board Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Southeast Alaska Power Agency (SEAPA) published a notice on Thursday, May 6, 2021 announcing that SEAPA will hold a Regular Board Meeting on May 13, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. AKDT. The notice is amended to advise that during the meeting the Board may enter into an executive session for discussions relating to a potential interconnection with Metlakatla. Due to recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and its social distancing guidelines, the meeting will be held electronically. For additional information, please call 907.228.2281. |
Structure
- SEAPA is a regional generation and transmission entity providing wholesale power to our member utilities, and was originally organized as “The Four Dam Pool Power Agency” (see history)
- Authorized under Alaska State law to design, develop, acquire, purchase, own, operate, manage, maintain, and improve power projects or generation and transmission facilities
Facilities
Transmission
- Swan Lake to Ketchikan
- Tyee Lake to Wrangell and Petersburg
- Swan-Tyee Intertie
Member Communities (Utilities)
- Ketchikan - Ketchikan Public Utilities
- Petersburg - Petersburg Municipal Power & Light
- Wrangell - Wrangell Municipal Light & Power
"Southeast communities have a long history of working toward energy independence by collaborating on power generation and transmission," says Alaska State Senator, Bert Stedman. "What we want to do is generate our energy off of renewable sources like hydro versus carbon-based, and control our own energy."