Amid ongoing electric debate, energy committee re-forms

WRANGELL — The Wrangell Borough Assembly’s energy committee met for the second time ever Tuesday night.

Committee members took no formal actions, other than to elect assembly member James Stough – the only sitting assembly member on the committee – as chair, and to elect Brian Ashton, a Southeast Alaska Power Agency board member and Thomas Bay Power Authority commissioner. The former energy committee chair, board member Pamella McClocskey, had resigned.

However, the committee composed a set of possible recommendations to the assembly to be formally considered at the next meeting. The discussio...