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Clark Public Utilities’ River Road Generating Plant has been a controversial place. Its billowing clouds of steam and carbon emissions stick out in a region powered largely by hydropower. Now it is on its way to becoming less of a dominating force and more of a backup option.
Until now, the utility has been required to run River Road at full capacity, or shut it down and replace the entirety of what it would produce with other energy resources.
