For reasons not stated, Colorado’s largest electric company said it is withdrawing its application for a preliminary permit for a two-reservoir hydropower plant in western Colorado’s Unaweep Canyon.
The Colorado Daily Sun reports that Xcel Energy
The project would have included two reservoirs with storage capacities of over 5900 acre-feet, inundating parts of the canyon and residences. Power from the pumped-storage project would generate electricity on demand when other renewable sources like wind and solar were low. The Daily Sun
According to EcoFlight
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The ruins of the Driggs Mansion in Unaweep Canyon in Mesa County, Colorado.
I love it…For reasons not stated, Colorado’s largest electric company said it is
withdrawing its application for a preliminary permit for a two-reservoir
hydropower plant in western Colorado’s Unaweep Canyon.”
I think the reasons are important. Why the interest and then the pull-out? What goes on behind closed doors I wonder.