News
19 August 2019

SMUD to buy Chili Bar hydro from PG&E

In:
Power, Renewables
Region:
Americas

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) plans to buy the Chili Bar Hydroelectric Project in California from troubled Pacific Gas and Electric Co (PG&E) for $10.4 million. SMUD owns 11 dams and eight powerhouses upstream from Chili Bar in its Upper American River Project. Chili Bar is a...

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