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County manager outlines $2 billion HydroStore energy-storage proposal; officials weigh impacts
Summary
County Manager Tim Hunt told the Lewis County Legislature that HydroStore is pursuing parcels in the towns of Krogan and Watson for a proposed $2 billion compressed-air energy-storage facility that the company says would take about five years to build, create roughly 700 construction jobs and 40 permanent jobs, and operate for decades.
County Manager Tim Hunt told the Lewis County Legislature that a company called HydroStore is pursuing options on two parcels in Lewis County — one in the town of Krogan and one in the town of Watson — to build an underground compressed-air energy-storage facility.
Hunt said the company described the proposal as a roughly $2 billion investment that would take about five years to build, create an estimated 700 construction jobs and about 40 full-time permanent positions, and operate as a long-term asset (the company described an expected life of roughly 70 to 75 years).
Hunt summarized the technology and local impacts: electricity would power compressors…
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