Pumped storage project

under planning

It will consist of an intake and discharge structure at one of seven locations in Flaming Gorge Reservoir, an underground tailrace between the reservoir intake-outlet structure and the powerhouse, pump-turbine units in an underground powerhouse with generation capacity of 500 MW to 1,000 MW, a penstock between the powerhouse and the upper reservoir, a dam at one of seven locations forming the upper reservoir, an upper reservoir at one of seven locations with a capacity between 5,000 and 10,000 acre-ft at an elevation between 6,800 and 7,500 ft, and a transmission line from the powerhouse to the nearest major transmission interconnection.