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Power Pond

Pacific Power is maintaining the 100-year-old Newport Dam after its lowest power output in decades

A 90-foot crane pulled a 20,000-pound generating unit at the Newport Avenue Dam on Mirror Pond last week. Data from the Energy Infrastructure Council show power output at the dam reached its lowest point in decades in 2020, producing just 315 megawatt hours compared to an average of 2,390 MWh over the past 20 years. “The […]

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Freeing the Klamath River

Four dams to come down by 2020

The Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement made history April 6, with diverse groups and some former enemies signing an accord for the removal of four dams on the Klamath River. Once decommissioned, the dams will be transferred from Pacific Power to the Klamath River Renewal Corporation, then demolished, following a process administered by the Federal Energy […]

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