Speaker A
68:20 - 68:39
"right now it's inefficient. The backbone's inefficient. If we had power at the dock right now for cruise ships, we couldn't do it. With this, we can supply that power."
“right now it's inefficient. The backbone's inefficient. If we had power at the dock right now for cruise ships, we couldn't do it. With this, we can supply that power.”
- Speaker
- Speaker A
- Timestamp
- 68:20 – 68:39
- Community
- Alaska News
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- May 8, 2026
From the transcript
Some of that restoration will be automated. The undergrounding, the cruise ship, you know, right now it's inefficient. The backbone's inefficient. If we had power at the dock right now for cruise ships, we couldn't do it. With this, we can supply that power.
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