Pumped Storage Hydropower

Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired August 25, 2025 WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM Producer & Host: Richard Rudolph, PhD. The podcast is an interview of Karl Meyer who is a member of the Fish & Aquatics Studies Team and an intervenor in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission re-licensing process for three Massachusetts facilities on the Connecticut River since 2011. He is a Massachusetts resident and a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists. Karl talked about Maine’s first so-called pumped storage hydro-power facility on private land between Dixfield and Canton in Oxford County. The project will move water between two man-made reservoirs to generate power in response to demand on the electricity grid. Karl focused on the project's environmental effects and cost as well as who will ultimately benefit by generating and selling power during high demand periods during the day.