The Quest to Build Hydropower Pumped Storage Projects in the NW Continues

As the region brings on more wind and solar projects, hydropower pumped storage projects hold the allure of meeting power needs when the wind isn’t blowing or the sun shining. Here are a couple of pumped storage project proposals making the news.

Click here for Status of Rye Development proposal to build a $2 billion pumped storage project in southern Klickitat County near the John Day Dam and having it in operation between 2028 and 2030.

Click here to learn about two projects being considered for Lake Roosevelt, the reservoir behind Grand Coulee Dam.