Groups say Enloe Dam would cost ratepayers

By K.C. Mehaffey
The Wenatchee World

OROVILLE — An Okanogan County PUD proposal to relicense Enloe Dam on the Similkameen River near Oroville doesn’t make economic sense, four environmental groups contend.

The PUD has been working for seven years toward restarting operations at the dam, which was built in 1920 but stopped producing power in 1959 when it became cheaper to buy from the Bonneville Power Administration. Read more