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		toomuchtodo on Aug 30, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California Moves to Require 100% Clean Electricity... There is a proposal to convert the Hoover Damn and Lake Mead into pumped storage. https://www.utilitydive.com/news/los-angeles-considers-3b-pu... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/24/business/ener...

seanmcdirmid on Aug 30, 2018 [–]

I thought they were already used as pumped storage? I know the grand coullee has the ability to pump water up into its reaovoir, at least they talked about this in a high school class I took 25 years ago.

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