A hydro license brings district heating one step closer in Juneau

After years of waiting, Juneau Hydropower Inc. was recently awarded a federal license for Sweetheart Lake Dam. It gives the company the go-ahead to start serious planning for a new multimillion dollar hydro facility. It could power a gold mine and supply heat to the downtown core of the capital city with an innovative system.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/09/16FERC.mp3Duff Mitchell calls getting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or FERC license a milestone. He’s the man