Plans for big Grand Coulee hydro project detailed

By Roger Lucas
The Star

Chamber of commerce members Thursday heard details on a proposed project that could put huge conduits for water under the community to produce more power and create jobs.

The proposed Banks Lake hydroelectric pumped storage project could be operational by the year 2025.

Tim Culbertson, and a team from Columbia Basin Hydropower, outlined a project that could require some 2,600 workers during construction and as many as 100 permanent employees. Read more