A Texas company wants to build a $50 million hydroelectric project at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Saylorville Dam, a move it says would reduce Iowa's reliance on coal to generate electricity.
State regulators will impose shutdown triggers to protect prized trout fishery below the "pumped water storage" facility on Seminoe Reservoir. Developer awaits final federal approval.
A proposed energy storage project near the Susquehanna River that has drawn opposition in the area is still awaiting word from a federal regulator on whether it can move forward and it appears there ...