A rendering of the completed Alcoa Powerhouse project (Credit: NYPA). The New York Power Authority (NYPA) announced that work will begin this month on the final decommissioning and stabilization of ...

Lansing — Michigan Natural Resources Commissioners on Wednesday grilled executives from Consumers Energy and Confluence Hydro on the companies' plan for the private equity company to buy Consumers' 13 ...

Consumers Energy plans to pay a premium price to buy back power from its 13 hydropower dams after selling them to a private equity firm for $1 apiece, the company revealed Friday in filings with state ...

There's a new display at Hoover Dam as concern grows over the dam’s ability to generate power amid plunging Lake Mead levels.

The Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River east of Portland. Washington and Oregon produce more than one-third of the nation’s hydropower. Amelia Templeton / OPB Hydropower generated for electricity ...

Efforts to breach the four lower Snake River dams in Washington State threaten the future of the region’s power supply and put dozens of Northwest electric cooperatives and their consumer-members at ...