Company Explores Hydro-Power MACOMB, IL (wqub) - A NEW-YORK COMPANY IS EXPLORING THE IDEA OF BUILDING A HYDRO-ELECTRIC

PLANT IN WESTERN ILLINOIS. PUBLIC RADIO'S DON JOHNSON REPORTS .

B-P-U-S GENERATION DEVELOPMENT HAS FILED AN APPLICATION TO DEVELOP A POWERHOUSE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN HENDERSON COUNTY.

IT'S PROPOSING TO BUILD FIVE TURBINES THAT COULD PROVIDE ELECTRICITY FOR
MORE THAN SEVEN-THOUSAND HOMES .

VICE PRESIDENT JEFF AUSER SAYS THE FIRM HAS FILED MORE THAN 30 APPLICATIONS FOR POSSIBLE GENERATING SITES ADJOINING ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DAMS ACROSS THE NATION .

AUSER SAYS IF THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION ISSUES A PERMIT
... HIS FIRM WOULD BEGIN TO MEET WITH LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES AND DO A FEASIBILITY
STUDY ON THE SITE .

AUSER SAYS THE DAMS WERE BUILT FOR FLOOD CONTROL AND TO MAINTAIN A SHIPPING CHANNEL.

HE THINKS A POWER PLANT COULD MAKE USE OF WATER THAT WOULD OTHERWISE JUST GO OVER A SPILLWAY . © Copyright 2009, wqub