Oroville Dam’s Power Plant May Be Operational By Thursday

After flows down Oroville Dam’s fractured main spillway were dialed back to nothing Monday afternoon, heavy equipment operators worked through the night to clear the massive debris pile that has formed at the base of the damaged concrete structure. The efforts to open the channel below the spillway, which will allow engineers to once again fire up the dam’s hydroelectric plant, appear to be paying off, said Nancy Vogel, a spokeswoman for the California Natural Resources Agency.