Ketchikan City Council to increase water and electric rates
Ketchikan City Council raises utility rates among claims by KPU of underfunding and infrastructure failure.
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Ketchikan Public Utilities races to inventory city pipes to meet federal lead regulations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in November proposed one of the largest changes to lead pipe regulations in three decades. The strict overhaul set forth by the Biden administration requires every community to test their service lines and submit the results by April.
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KPU Telecommunications announces end to cable TV in Ketchikan
Ketchikan residents will no longer have access to cable television starting next fall. Ketchikan Public Utilities, the island’s last provider, announced it would be sunsetting cable services next year. KPU says that subscribers have gone down and operation costs have gone up as people nationwide turn away from local TV and towards streaming services.
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KPU wants to build an $11.5 million undersea fiber cable — without raising rates
Ketchikan Public Utilities is asking voters to approve an $11.5 million bond to improve internet access in Ketchikan. The money would finance running more than 100 miles of fiber optic cable from Prince Rupert, British Columbia – and the utility says it won’t have to increase rates. How is that possible? And why does Ketchikan need its own cable, anyway?
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