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The commission in 2010 approved the company’s request to add a 50-megawatt generating plant at its Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project on the Snake River that currently has a capacity of about 11 megawatts.

Unlike many big natural attractions that are the domain of state or federal parks, Shoshone Falls is run by the city of Twin Falls.

For a small city and a small staff, keeping Shoshone Falls an international draw while maintaining it on a local budget is a challenge.

Thanks to Shoshone Falls, March and April brought the park a record $133,919 in revenue.

Shoshone Falls — 900 feet wide, 212 feet high and dubbed “the Niagara of the West” — was putting on a show unlike it has in years.