KMXT 100.1 FM Public Radio in Kodiak, Alaska
Kayla Desroches/KMXT
If you lurched awake at around 2 a.m. this morning and noticed the clock by your beside was black or your radio was off, it wasn’t just you. In a press release today, the Kodiak Electric Association reported a “heavy ice loading on the Terror lake transmission line” created a fault in that line and caused a system-wide power outage. The Terror Lake hydroelectric generators supply a majority of Kodiak’s electricity.
KEA operators turned to backup diesel generators, and areas of power returned spottily starting around 3 a.m. All other areas followed after 4 a.m. KEA writes that Terror Lake, as well as the Pillar Mountain wind farm, are both back online.
