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...formed by Courtright Dam in Helms Creek canyon ... It was completed in 1958 and is owned by Pacific Gas and Electric.
That date is correct. Yet this article claims it was planned in the early 1970s, and "commercial operations began on 30 June 1984." It also fails to mention that the underground Helms power plant drains into the much lower foothill Black Rock Reservoir, closer to Balch Camp and Pine Flat Reservoir than to Wishon. This is misleading. (see maps) It also fails to mention that it is (and must be) powered by always-on
Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in order to be economical. This too is misleading. One always needs caution when citing PG&E advertisements/propaganda - they are NOT to be treated as reliable/objective as government documents—despite attitudes and appearances. (It's possible a PG&E bureaucrat confuses licensing and/or recent transmission rights/ownership transfers etc dates with physical construction.) Please clarify or repair. --
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18:38, 26 June 2014 (UTC)Doug Bashfordreply
What makes you think government documents are "reliable/objective"? They are often made deliberately misleading to achieve political objectives. It is known as "propaganda". —
QuicksilverT@16:52, 31 August 2015 (UTC)reply
Sometimes pumped-storage plants are planned around existing reservoirs. One was recently completed in China using a reservoir built in the 40s as its lower.--
NortyNort(Holla)20:33, 31 August 2015 (UTC)reply