Benefits for Maine

The following is a list of capabilities and benefits of PSH:

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Grid Reliability

  • Provides electricity when needed, regardless of time of day or weather.
  • Enhances grid reliability and stability.
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Rate Payer & Community

  • Features low-cost energy storage technology due to a long-proven service life.
  • Boosts community tax revenue and job creation.
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Environment

  • Recycles water as a storage medium between reservoirs.
  • Utilizes existing transmission infrastructure to enhance future transmission capabilities by improving grid efficiency.
  • Provides opportunity for increased clean energy integration.
  • Can provide an opportunity to establish environmental and renewable energy education opportunities as well as recreation, and resource protection/restoration areas.
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