![]() ![]() William McMahon, one of the lead partners behind the proposal, said the developers of the new hydroelectric dam did reach out to Safe Harbor Water Power Corp. The project would include securing rights for additional land along the Susquehanna River, possibly through eminent domain. YES's proposal calls for a dam roughly 1.9 miles long and 225 feet high along the river, creating a 600-acre upper reservoir through flooding and using the existing Lake Clarke as a lower reservoir. MORE: Can beer get folks to drink recycled wastewater? MORE: Burglary at 90 Day Fiancé star's salon led investigators to homicide suspect, DA says MORE: Lake Williams utterly transformed as dam rehabilitation project eyes November completion “The commission rejects preliminary permit applications for project works that would use all or part of resources that are currently held under existing licenses or would substantially alter or interfere with the operation of existing licensed projects,” FERC wrote, in its response to York Energy Storage's application. That sets up a potential conflict because the existing Safe Harbor Dam's hydroelectric power station already uses the lake. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which will consider York Energy Storage's request for a preliminary permit to conduct a feasibility study, sent the application back for more information.Īt issue, according to FERC, was the proposal's use of Lake Clarke as a lower reservoir. Developers of a proposed $2.1 billion hydroelectric dam project have hit an initial roadblock in their long march toward regulatory approval - which could be years in the making. ![]()
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