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Aridity And Record Heat, Worsened By Climate Change, May Cause Water Levels In California’s Second Largest Reservoir, Lake Oroville, To Fall So Low To Projected ~640 Ft, This Summer, Causing The Edward Hyatt Power Plant, Which Can Power 800,000 Homes When Operating At Full Capacity, To Shut Down For The First Time Since Opening In 1967.

Oroville water drop will force hydro-power plant offline – CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/17/us/california-drought-oroville-power/index.html

Water in a key California reservoir is expected to fall so low this summer that its hydroelectric power plant will be forced to shut down for the first time, officials said Thursday, straining the state’s already-taxed electric grid.