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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Storm King facility would be a pumped storage plant, functioning as a giant storage battery sitting above the Hudson River. Water from the river, pumped up the mountain, would be stored in a reservoir, then released through generators when electricity is in demand. Of course, it takes a considerable amount of energy to push water uphill--more than can be generated by its flowing back down. So the Storm King plant will use three kilowatts of energy for every two it later produces...
When Con Ed proposed the plant in 1963, the rationale may have made some sense: Generating plants operate more efficiently at full capacity, and at the time most were not being used to their fullest. Extra power would be generated and stored on the mountain until it was needed later...
...produces, particularly in the middle of an "energy crisis." And the excuses must be carefully constructed: It is at least as difficult to explain to consumers why they must pay for fuel to generate millions of kilowatts that no one but the pumps at the foot of the mountain will ever...
...does the company like to talk about the possibility of rupturing the Catskill Aqueduct--which supplies about 40 per cent of New York City's water--as it blasts its tunnel through the mountain. When it does, its statements are couched in such language as "we have every expectation" that reports denying that such damage could occur are correct. The City of New York is not as confident, and has gone to court to support its view...
...utility denied last month that any of these pending lawsuits would delay its projected construction start, and its denial proved correct: Construction crews arrived at the mountain a few weeks ago, and began clearing the brush before beginning blasting the tunnel. Asked whether the utility has any reservations about starting before the litigation is complete, Con Ed denies that it does; "We have every expectation that we will win," the spokesmen say. And in the event that an adverse decision halts the project? "We have every expectation," the spokesmen repeat, "that we will win." And if not, they seem...