Public Utility Optimizes Hydroelectric Generation while Protecting Sensitive Surroundings
Public Utility Optimizes Hydroelectric Generation while Protecting Sensitive Surroundings
3 PagesBackground Box Canyon Dam was turning river current into electrical current long before “renewable energy” became an environmental gold standard. Since 1956, Box Canyon Dam and its four hydroelectric generators have straddled a narrow section of Washington state’s second-largest river, the Pend Oreille (Pond-er-ray). The Pend Oreille County Public Utility District built and operates the 80-megawatt-capacity hydro plant, which today provides
