NEW MILFORD, Conn. — The Housatonic River Commission announced the federal designation of the Housatonic River as a Wild & Scenic River for the 41 miles of the river from the.
The 41 miles of the Housatonic River from the Massachusetts border to the Boardman Bridge in New Milford, Conn., has been designated as a Wild & Scenic River.
Thirteen Massachusetts-based municipal public power entities have agreed to purchase more than 110 GWh/year of electricity from two hydroelectric power
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My Turn: Time to retire the Northfield Mountain Pumped Hydro Storage Station
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Published: 4/29/2021 1:17:13 PM
After reading Alicia Barton’s (CEO of FirstLight Power Resources) My Turn column (April 23) promoting the Northfield Mountain Pumped Hydro Storage (NMPHS) Station as “an asset in fight against climate change” and “… the largest clean power producer in New England .” I felt compelled to write.
NMPHS is not now nor has it ever been a source of clean, renewable hydropower. It is a hydropower storage facility that buys off-peak, lower-priced energy (primarily from non-renewable energy sources) to pull water from the Connecticut River backwards and uphill to a storage reservoir to be released back to the river as “hydropower” during higher-priced peak periods. It’s a classic “buy low/sell high” investment strategy and is highly profitable. From a financial perspective it makes perfect sense. From an environmental perspective i