{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/maine-delegation-announces-338-million-to-upgrade-hydropower-infrastructure", "Maine Delegation Announces $33.8 Million to Upgrade Hydropower Infrastructure", "2024-09-06", "2024", "2024-09", "Independent", "Senate", "ME", "Angus S. King, Jr.", "K000383", "www.king.senate.gov", "angusking", "https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/table", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden today announced more than $33.8 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for hydroelectric projects in Maine. The Department of Energy announced $430 million for hydropower infrastructure upgrades across 33 states, including a total of $33,801,291 for 21 projects in Maine.\n\nAdministered by the Grid Deployment Office (GDO) and funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity Incentives program is designed to enhance existing hydropower and pumped storage facilities for capital improvements directly related to grid resilience, dam safety, and environmental improvements. Potential eligible capital improvements include improvements that enable the integration of variable resources, such as wind and solar; improvements for dam safety, such as spillway upgrades and erosion repair; and improvements in environmental conditions, such as fish passage, water quality and recreation.\n\n\u201cHydropower plays a critical role in unlocking Maine\u2019s clean energy future, and is key to increasing energy efficiency and reliability. This $33.8 million investment will not only improve grid resilience and dam safety, but will also make environmental improvements such as enhancing fish passages,\u201d the Delegation said. \u201cThese upgrades will help preserve Maine\u2019s natural resources while supporting thousands of jobs across our state. Thanks to the historic investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we\u2019re ensuring that hydropower remains both a reliable energy source and providing greater flexibility for achieving environmental solutions going forward.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs our earliest form of renewable energy generation, hydropower has reliably kept America running for almost 150 years \u2014 and the Biden-Harris Administration is ensuring these long-standing facilities can continue the steady flow of clean power,\u201d U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm. \u201cToday\u2019s funding will expand and modernize our hydropower fleet, while protecting thousands of American jobs.\u201d\n\nHydropower currently accounts for nearly 27% of renewable electricity generation in the United States, as well as 93% of all utility-scale energy storage. However, the fleet is aging, with many facilities in need of repair and upgrades.\n\nFunded Maine projects include:\n\nHiram Hydroelectric Project: $1,800,000\n\nWest Buxton Hydroelectric Project: $2,400,000\n\nLockwood Hydroelectric Project: $5,000,000\n\nHydro-Kennebec Hydroelectric Project -Fish Passage: $1,560,075\n\nPejepscot Hydroelectric Project: $1,140,000\n\nGulf Island Hydroelectric Project: $1,710,000\n\nShawmut Hydroelectric Project: $4,800,000\n\nWeston Hydroelectric Project: $4,550,766\n\nWyman Hydroelectric Project: $900,000\n\nRumford Falls Hydroelectric Project: $392,940\n\nPenobscot Mills Project: $825,000\n\nJay Hydro \u2013 Governor and Exciter Upgrade Project: $450,515\n\nLivermore Hydro \u2013 Governor and Exciter Upgrade Project: $503,284\n\nOtis Hydro \u2013 Governor and Exciter Upgrade Project: $953,826\n\nRiley Hydro \u2013 STATCOM and Capacitor Bank Installation Project: $1,234,442\n\nEllsworth Hydroelectric Project: $1,800,000\n\nEel Weir Project: $360,397\n\nEel Weir Project: $1,592,820\n\nGambo: $49,500\n\nMallison Falls: $390,225\n\nWallenpaupack Hydroelectric Project: $1,387,500\n\nThe full list of selections can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/maine-delegation-announces-338-million-to-upgrade-hydropower-infrastructure"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.4682520888745785, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}