To the editor:

In two recent letters to the editor Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Aug. 31 and Sept. 18, I discussed why building utility-scale solar electric plants is not a bright idea for the ratepayers.

But let’s assume that the state government, the green lobby and the too-large number of ignorant voters get their way and push through their socialist and very costly (where does all of this money come from?) so-called green power agenda. Pumped storage will be necessary and inevitable.

So here are four Blenheim-Gilboa-sized potential sites, three of which have never been publicly disclosed until now, that could be used for Blenheim-Gilboa-sized plants. Except for the Storm King project (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scenic_Hudson_Preservation_Conference_v._Federal_Power_Commission), here are the GPS coordinates for the other three:

1. West Mountain — https://www.google.com/maps/@43.281279,-73.7408301,15.32z/data=!5m1!1e4

2. South Bay, Lake Champlain — https://www.google.com/maps/@43.5356223,-73.4942604,15.58z/data=!5m1!1e4 3. Cold Spring Park, between Port Henry and Crown Point — https://www.google.com/maps/@43.986622,-73.4911227,14.68z/data=!5m1!1e4

Using 2,000 MWe (megaWatts electrical) for the shelved Storm King project and assuming 1,000 MWe for each additional site gives 5,000 MWe of nameplate capacity — not a bad start!

China is going full-bore with pumped-storage development. About 25,000 MWe have already been built, and about 43,000 MWe are under construction. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pumped-storage_hydroelectric_power_stations.)

So let’s get on with it.

Charles F. Heimerdinger

Edinburg