Work starts on new power plant at Anchorage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - City and state officials helped break ground Wednesday for a $275 million power plant in east Anchorage.

Municipal Light and Power says the natural gas-fired plant will be 35 percent more efficient that the utility’s current turbines.

The Anchorage Daily News reports (https://bit.ly/1roW8Ft) the plant should be completed in the summer of 2016 and last for 40 to 50 years.

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Information from: Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News, https://www.adn.com