Bradley Lake hydro expansion moves forward

The Bradley Lake dam. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KBBI)
An expansion of the state’s largest hydroelectric facility is one step closer to becoming a reality.
The Alaska Energy Authority’s Board of Directors approved a $46.6 million expansion of Bradley Lake at its meeting earlier this month.
The Battle Creek project, as it’s known, will divert runoff from the Battle Glacier via a 1.7-mile pipeline, just upstream of the Bradley Lake dam.
The state-owned facility serves about 70 pe