Heavy rains deluge Western hydro basins, but power forwards unmoved

摘要

An “atmospheric river” of storms that hit the US West Coast theweekend of Oct. 23 delivered record heavy rain across the region,bringing mud and rock slides and cutting power to more than 108,000customers in California as of about noon Oct. 25.The immediate pricing effects have been muted, and industryobservers expressed doubt that enough water might accumulatebehind hydropower dams to diminish power forwards that havestrengthened along with natural gas.