Hydro dams’ owner must re-examine erosion

The Bellows Falls hydroelectric project. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro ReformerFederal regulators say the owner of three Connecticut River hydroelectric dams needs to take another look at erosion issues.
Great River Hydro is seeking renewed Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licenses to operate the Wilder, Bellows Falls and Vernon hydro dams. As part of that process, the Massachusetts-based company had submitted two years of erosion monitoring data.
But in a recent decision, federal o