The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recommends that NorthWestern Energy should have alarms installed to alert the company when flows downstream of Hebgen Dam drop dangerously low and ought to consider installing a camera at the dam toe “for remote verification of any flow deviation.” That and other recommendations were sent in a letter as...
NorthWestern Energy Reportedly Violated Requirements At Hebgen Dam
According to a report filed with the Federal Energy Regulation Commission by NorthWestern Energy, the utility company is in violation of a pair of federal requirements under its dam operating license after a plunge in flows from Hebgen Dam downstream on the Madison River. A broken coupler attached to a gate stem at the dam gate dropped Novembe...