Photo by Brian Wallace / Juneau Empire
Bernadine Peterson takes clothes off the clothesline April 22, 2008, she and her husband Brian Lupro set up in the yard of their St. Ann’s Avenue home in Douglas near Juneau. The couple are now drying their clothes by hanging them to save on electricity. Many Juneau and Douglas residents are looking for ways to save on electricity after an avalanche destroyed a portion of the power lines and towers connecting to city to its hydro-electric power source. The city is now dependent on diesel powered generators which will raise customers power bill an estimated 500 percent in the coming months.