The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has closed the door on plans to build two hydroelectric dams in Northern Arizona. The applicant behind the projects, Pumped Hydro Storage LLC, withdrew the applications for the dams, that would have been located near the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers. The developer has doubled-down on supporting a third project - a dam at Big Canyon, just before the Little Colorado River Gorge. .
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