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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it responded during last month’s cold snap, to generate more power. Dam operators increased hydropower along the Missouri River from Montana to South Dakota.
A severe cold spell in February sent temperatures across the country into record low territory.
Mike Swenson leads power production for the Army Corps’ Missouri River Basin Water Management Division. He says six hydropower plants in the region increased their energy output for about four days during the coldest weather.
“We generated thousands of extra megawatt hours in energy assistance during that period. It was really short-term adjustments and releases, basically, intersystem regulation of the project. It won’t have any long-term impact on reservoir levels, and we didn’t change releases from Gavins Point during that period.”
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