Juneau on backup and generator power after main transmission line fails

Customers shine flashlights at Foodland IGA in downtown Juneau on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)
The power went out across Juneau for about an hour on Friday afternoon after the connection to its main hydroelectricity source failed. The city will be on backup power until the main line is restored.
Alaska Electric Light & Power said the outage was due to a fault on the connection line to the Snettisham Hydroelectric Project. AEL&P does not yet know what happened to the line.