Recommissioned hydro facility again producing power

Developer Bill Scully explains the generating equipment in the powerhouse of the newly commissioned Hoosic River Hydro facility in North Pownal. The orange generator unit is on the left, and the gray turbine cover is to the right. Photo by Jim Therrien/VTDigger
POWNAL — A defunct hydropower facility that once stood amid the ruins of a polluted former factory — at the center of a federal Superfund cleanup site — now stands restored and officially recommissioned.Over the past yea