Up to now, those scale economies of fuel efficiency and of capital cost in these large generating units have been so great as to be able to absorb the additional cost of transmission and distribution and still be lower than any competing form of electrical generation (except of course where plentiful hydroelectric generation could be built).

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However, as British Columbia is proving, hydroelectric power generation is not limited to just dams.

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Aggravating the situation in California is an extreme drought in the Pacific Northwest, which is expected to reduce hydroelectric power generation.

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The company owns and operates wind, hydroelectric and thermal power generation facilities.

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Due to large overcapacity in power generation, the central hydroelectric, nuclear and fossil-fired power stations are now competing in a free market.

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It also encourages electric generation from coal-fired, nuclear and hydroelectric sources.

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Hydroelectric power accounted for almost 60% of Panama's electricity generation in 2010, according to the US Energy Information System.

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The government sees hydroelectric dams as an alternative, non-polluting source of power generation.

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With the three relevant Federal agencies working together to remove barriers to development on federally owned facilities, hydroelectric developers can be reasonably confident that their investments in planning will eventually bear fruit in new hydropower generation, and not be blocked at the last minute by unexpected red tape.

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