The Seminoe Pumped Storage Project has continued to move through the federal regulatory process, but that doesn’t mean we’re throwing in the towel. If anything, the fight is getting louder.
Recent conditions at Seminoe Reservoir are putting the concerns we’ve been raising into real time. The 2013 water year was used in the project’s modeling as a “near worst case” scenario. Yet, here we are in 2026 watching Seminoe Reservoir drop into conditions that are approaching—and in some ways exceeding—that benchmark. With the reservoir sitting at just 29.4% capacity, we’re already seeing the kind of low water conditions that the project’s own regulatory framework was designed to address. If the pumped storage project were operating today, these conditions would trigger a required curtailment of operations.
And people are paying attention. The Seminoe Pumped Storage Project was brought directly to the FERC Commissioners during a recent Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee oversight hearing, putting concerns about the project’s potential impacts on the Miracle Mile and Wyoming’s wildlife at the forefront. We’re also starting to see Seminoe show up in candidate platforms and campaign conversations as election season heats up.
So, yeah, there is still a lot of work ahead. But the conversation is happening, more people are asking questions, and the concerns are getting harder to ignore.
We’re going to keep showing up, keep making noise, and keep fighting for Seminoe, the Miracle Mile, and the wildlife and public lands that make this place worth protecting.
