Gordon Butte (400 MW) Pumped Storage Hydro Project (in Montana, gets OK from FERC.)

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.gordonbuttepumpedstorage.com/

[madokie]

1. We have the Salina pumped storage project here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salina_Pumped_Storage_Project

and it saves us tons of money due to the fact it levels out the hydro and coal, which is being phased out for Gas, generation.
I used to fish this 750 acre, 185 ft deep, lake mostly for large mouth bass. The water is clear and the thermocline is about 40 to 50 feet down during the heat of summer so thats where you fish if you want lots of Big ass bass. A simply beautiful lake. No gasoline powered boats allowed.

[FogerRox]

2. I am excited by

the potential of closed loop pumped hydro.

[hunter]

3. 400 Megawatts for how many hours?

In these projects nobody ever wants to answer the obvious questions.

Sure, I could dig through pdf documents or do the math myself, but why should I have to?

More importantly, is prolonging or expanding the use of conventional coal power plants a desirable thing to do? That's mostly what this is about.

Montana has about a quarter of the nation's estimated coal reserves and coal is by far the state's dominant electric power source.