Oroville Reservoir at record low level, California shuts down their second-largest hydroelectric plant

watchers.news ^ | 8/6/21 | TW

[Roman_War_Criminal]

The Oroville Reservoir reached a record low level of 195.66 m (641.93 feet) above mean sea level on August 5, 2021, forcing authorities in California to shut down their second-largest hydroelectric plant.

This is now the lowest level since the nation's tallest dam was completed in 1967 and the first time the hydroelectric plant was shut down due to lack of water. The old record was 196.59 m (645 feet) set in 1977. The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) State Water Project operations managers have taken the Hyatt Powerplant at Lake Oroville offline due to falling lake levels, California DWR Director Karla Nemeth said in a statement.

"This is the first time Hyatt Powerplant has gone offline as a result of low lake levels."

"However, DWR anticipated this moment, and the state has planned for its loss in both water and grid management. We have been in regular communication about the status of Hyatt Powerplant with the California Independent Service Operator (CAISO) and the California Energy Commission and steps have been taken in anticipation of the loss of power generation."

[Uncle Lonny]

But the Delta Smelt enjoys all that fresh water flowing out to sea.

[eyeamok]

“You’re looking at our largest reservoirs less than two years ago. They were absolutely teeming with water from 107% to 145% of average!” Diener says. “Our reservoirs held enough water for everyone who relies on them for their water supply, for 7 years. We are barely into our second dry year. WHERE DID IT GO?”

https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/ca-reservoirs-filled-to-top-in-2019-being-drained-by-state/

[mac_truck]

Did it spring another leak?

[Cobra64]

The govt drains the reservoirs in the Spring so they don’t overflow. Instead, CA should build more reservoirs and equalize reserves. Instead we build trains to nowhere for $68 billion.

[bigbob]

Well, tell you what: the wind still blows and the sun still shines. Hydro is great but it’s not 100% either.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Great for the Fidel NewScum recall except their voter fraud is being ramped up; count on it.

[Mr. Lucky]

Which, in turn, would be pretty.

[GOP Poet]

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[nothingnew]

The crazy lunatics drained it into the ocean.

Forget it Jake...It's Chinatown.

FMCDH(BITS)

[MacNaughton]

Oroville Dam spillway failure in FEB 2017 ...

[Oscar in Batangas]

With the technology behind smart grids, they should be able to turn down power to the addresses of the anti-nuke folks. That ought to lessen the impact to the (few) sane residents.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

I remember the flooding and massive evacs they issued because of it.
Still don’t see how they are in the conditions they are in now and why they insisted on draining almost all of it last year.