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Capital Region News
4:28 pm
Fri January 25, 2013

Clean & Green: Electric Power Rules!

Credit Image composite by Dave Lucas with help from WikiPedia
An early 20th Century electric car and its modern counterpart.

Electric technology has come full circle in two different ways affecting two upstate communities.

A power generation station in Columbia County that dates back to the 19th century has been restored to service. The Stuyvesant Hydro Electric Station came back online in December providing power to National Grid, albeit on a temporary basis. The facility is nearly completely rehabilitated.

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