Because small scale hydo is going to work on rivers that freeze almost totally solid in the winter?

I'm not opposed to hydro projects, but any of the old timers who remember the Chatanika dam can attest to this. The Chatanika dam was used to provide head pressure for the Davidson Ditch until it washed out during the 67 Flood. It also provided electricity for the Chatanike Gold Camp ... in the summer. Come winter, the flow of water would become next to useless.

Large scale hydro can overcome some of that difficulty, but there's a reason why we've been pushing for Susitna all these years rather than the Rampart project on the Yukon. Susitina still has flow even in winter. The Yukon's flow is practically non-existent.

So, solar won't work in the Interior in the winter. Wind only works if you live in Delta or Healy. Small-scale hydro won't work in frozen rivers. We need the electricity in the winter, not the summer and storage is not very efficient. So .... still fossil fuels & wood.