The Michigan Natural Resources Commission may not have authority over Consumers Energy’s plan to sell 13 dams, but it wants to have a voice.

Proposed deal could eventually leave the state responsible for aging dams, Michigan DNR director Scott Bowen said.

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Mountain Valleys Conservation Resource and Development is seeking to remove the Capitola Dam, a Marshall hydroelectric dam on ...

Mountain Valleys Conservation Resource and Development is seeking to rebuild the Capitola Dam, a Marshall hydroelectric dam on the French Broad River.

Seattle City Light has proposed an agreement to continue to use hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River to power the city’s electricity for up to the next 50 years. But the full details of the ...

From its headwaters in Transylvania County, the French Broad River flows freely for 75 miles before hitting the 122-year-old Craggy Dam in Woodfin. Environmentalists and outdoorspeople have long ...

The Corps of Engineers says levee and dam projects help mitigate flood risks along the Missouri River, and a new federal initiative could prioritize current infrastructure.

U.S. District Judge Michael Simon recently ruled that Oregon hydroelectric dams keep their current reservoir levels and increase the spill at eight dams.

The amount of water flowing into Lake Powell between April and July will be lower than in any year over the past 25 years.

Consumers’ director of engineering said in a filing that the company is not willing to renegotiate the proposed terms of the sale.

The dam is more than 100 years old and hasn’t produced hydropower in nearly two decades. Officials say removing it will reconnect almost 70 miles of river.