Glen Canyon's generating days are numbered

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Sep 27, 2021

THE NEWS: The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s latest five-year projections for the Colorado River system paint a bleak picture, giving Lake Powell’s levels a 34 percent chance of falling below the minimum power pool in 2023, meaning Glen Canyon Dam could no longer generate hydropower.

THE CONTEXT: The Bureau charted a variety of scenarios using the newish …

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