The East Bay Municipal Utility District is installing a device designed to generate electricity by using the movement of water through its drinking water delivery system.

The installation of the “in-conduit hydroelectricity” system will generate 130,000 kilowatt hours of emissions-free power per year, according to EBMUD officials.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.