Washington, Oct. 12 -- Congresswoman Andrea Salinas issued the following press release:
Tualatin, OR - The City of Tualatin is celebrating the completion of a first-of-its-kind hydropower project that allows the city's drinking water to create clean, renewable energy. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) joined city leaders, representatives from Oregon's Department of Energy and project partners, including Energy Trust of Oregon and Portland General Electric (PGE), to mark the completion of the 56-kilowatt in-pipe hydropower system at the Tualatin City Services facility. The project is expected to generate more than 270,000 kilowatt-hours of renewable electricity each year - enough to fully power the City Services facility and save the cit...