Sentences with phrase «reduced hydroelectric generation»

Decreasing summer stream flows will reduce hydroelectric generation capacity, which currently accounts for 70 percent of the region's electricity supply.

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Since that time, major technological advances have reduced the cost of thermal - power generation, while the cost of developing more remote hydroelectric sites has increased.

and goes on to say: «As dispatching hydroelectric units down to reduce production is the first measure the IESO uses to reduce SBG, OPG's hydroelectric generation was significantly affected by SBG management in 2013, reducing generation by approximately 1.7 TWh.»

After California's San Onofre nuclear plant closed, and the state suffered droughts that reduced hydroelectric output, natural gas - fired power increased from 45 to 61 percent of the state's electricity generation even as wind and solar capacity soared.