stock here: lots of these plants are from 1920 to 1970. Hydro is a vital part of our energy supply, and is “firm power”. Seen at the Cuttlefish, and further investigated here:
This pipe is like 12′ diameter and is 4 miles long. It gets turned off at the dam.



2 replies on “Yuba, CA, Hydro Plant Water “Explosion” Releases 70 Tons of TNT of Energy”
new video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N1BiOLKo9U
“buckets ” of oil = tons of oil ….
There are very infomed comments on that video. One point made was why the heck did they design it with NO cut-off mechanism for water to the intake pipe in case of this sort of trouble??
Like Oroville Dam no one will be made to pay the piper.