For almost a century, Hoover Dam has stood tall, delivering water and reliable hydropower to cities throughout the American West. But even the most impressive feats of human engineering need ...

Hydropower output at Hoover Dam is down by about half since 2000. Lakes Mead and Powell are approaching critical thresholds below which hydropower generation would be severely curtailed or cease.

The Hoover Dam is a lifeline to rural communities throughout the American Southwest. More than 1 million people in Nevada, Arizona and California rely on the clean energy that the dam produces. Public ...

Nevada Democratic Rep. Susie Lee and Nevada Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto joined Puoy Premsrirut, Chairwoman of the Colorado River Commission, to highlight the bipartisan, bicameral Help ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PAGE, ARIZONA - JULY 10: Hydroelectric power is generated by Glen Canyon Dam in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on July 10, ...

BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — A transformer exploded Tuesday at Hoover Dam, one of the nation’s largest hydroelectric facilities, producing a thick cloud of black smoke and flames that were quickly ...

The Hoover Dam just turned 90 years old this year (it was completed on May 29, 1935). The mega-project is more than symbolic: its powerful turbines produce clean, renewable electricity that has been ...

Around this time, 89 years ago, the Hoover Dam began supplying electricity to the city of Los Angeles.Finished in 1935 and located along the Nevada and Arizona state lines, the concrete arch structure ...

Turning on the lights all across Utah — in Bountiful, Logan, Hurricane, Murray, St. George or Blanding — happens instantaneously. But all of those cities receive some electrical power from hundreds of ...

In late May, as the outside temperature approached 100 degrees, Arizona’s top water policy officials gathered in an air-conditioned Phoenix conference room. Their purpose that day was to decide ...