When CBS 8 reported that the City of San Diego had released 11 billion gallons of water over the past year from Lake Hodges, the emails started coming in. "Besides the water losses, the lake level is too low to operate the 40 MW hydroelectric facility,” a viewer named Kurt wrote. He's talking about the Lake Hodges Pumped Storage Facilities, a $208 million hydroelectric plant that uses water from Lake Hodges to generate enough electricity to power 26,000 homes annually. Now it can't be used because the water level in the lake is too low. MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/city-of-san-diego-releasing-11-billion-gallons-of-water-from-lake-hodges/509-1bcc8f0c-f98e-4521-92ba-01638d2d64a8