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Hydro plant helps power Yellowstone
Posted 2/5/13
JACKSON — Yellowstone National Park expects to save about $70,000 a year in electricity with a new hydroelectric plant on the Gardiner River.
The plant is supplying about a third of the electricity for park headquarters buildings at Mammoth Hot Springs.
The plant cost $1.1 million and is expected to pay for itself in 12 years.
It’s expected to last 50 to 80 years.