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Jim Wilkins Jim Wilkins is offline
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Default Utility District believes in perpetual motion

On Jan 14, 1:00*am, Andy Asberry wrote:

Maybe I didn't explain this well. There is NO storage. They are
pumping it in one end of a pipe and putting the generator on the other
end. Power used and power generated is at the same time. Stop the
pump/stops the generator....
Maybe they figure the pipe is a transmission line. Possibly it is
cheaper than hanging wires.


Maybe cheaper than acquiring a new right-of-way for a power line.
jw