Woonsocket considers reopening hydroelectric dam [WLNE-TV]
The city of Woonsocket is in negotiations with a Connecticut firm to re-open the Thundermist Hydoelectric facility on the Blackstone River. The plant was closed due to concerns over it's affect on water levels in the river. It is believed that these concerns can be overcome now and the plant can be reopended, generating revenue and energy for the city.
Thundermist Hydroelectric Woonsocket
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, Feb 17 2007 06:56 PM
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Posted 18 February 2007 - 09:35 AM
that would be awesome. great natural way to make power.
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Posted 19 February 2007 - 11:22 AM
runawayjim, on Feb 18 2007, 10:35 AM, said:
that would be awesome. great natural way to make power.
If you want to check out hydropower, past, present, and future, check out the "Hydropower on the Blackstone" tour as part of the RI Statewide Preservation Conference on Sat., April 14. Sites will include Pawtucket's Bridge Mill Power Plant (generating hydroelectric power on and off, ha ha, since the 1890s), as well as Slater Mill and Wilkinson Mill. I just posted some info on the conference in the events list, or check out www.preservation.ri.gov/conference
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Posted 19 February 2007 - 05:43 PM
And speaking of green power in RI, here's a reminder for the environmentally oriented who haven't gotten around to signing up for Green Start yet. Do it now! For 1.5 cents per kilowatt hour, you can have all your electricity created by renewable sources. It's about $4-5/month for me, and it's tax deductible.
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Posted 19 February 2007 - 05:48 PM
Bil, on Feb 19 2007, 06:43 PM, said:
And speaking of green power in RI, here's a reminder for the environmentally oriented who haven't gotten around to signing up for Green Start yet. Do it now! For 1.5 cents per kilowatt hour, you can have all your electricity created by renewable sources. It's about $4-5/month for me, and it's tax deductible.
thanks for that... once i pay my own electric bill, i'll sign up for it... if i remember that. it needs to be advertised better.
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Posted 19 February 2007 - 08:09 PM
runawayjim, on Feb 19 2007, 06:48 PM, said:
it needs to be advertised better.
whaaa.
everybody got, like, infinity letters about it with their electric bills last year. oh, wait, you'd have to open the bill before you paid it... 
seriously, i've had it on my home and business accounts. my home account which is the larger of the two cost me about 5 bucks a month extra.
and, for clarity, there's no possible way that "my" kilowatt hour is generated with wind/solar/small hydro while my neighbor's is from coal. the money we pay goes to buy certificates from green producers that are then sold back to natgrid (hopefully, at a profit). there's an increasing schedule by which utilities like natgrid must own a certain number of green certs. the idea is that, as the value of the certs increases based on their limited supply, the major utils will find it economical to invest themselves in green production AOT fighting for the limited number of certs available. it's the famous "market solution"
not that i'm paying any attention...
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Posted 19 February 2007 - 08:13 PM
frymasterspeck, on Feb 19 2007, 09:09 PM, said:
whaaa. everybody got, like, infinity letters about it with their electric bills last year. oh, wait, you'd have to open the bill before you paid it...
everybody got, like, infinity letters about it with their electric bills last year. oh, wait, you'd have to open the bill before you paid it... like i said... i don't pay my electricity. the landlady does. it's included in my rent... although that's supposedly going to change (although she's been saying that for over a year now).
