Felt P-5089

General information
Waterway	Teton River
Current status	Active license
Type of facility	Conventional Hydro
Mode of hydropower generation	Run-of-river
Type of permit	FERC License
FERC information
FERC docket #	P-5089
FERC project name	Felt
Permit issued	9/4/83
Permit expiration	8/27/23
Ownership and operation
Owner	Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc
Owner type	Cooperative
Year first online (conventional hydro)	1946
Transmission or distribution system owner	PacifiCorp
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	4
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	7.4 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation	20,537.7 MWH

The 12-foot-high dam, originally constructed in the early 1900s, was granted a 40-year license by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in 1983. Since its construction, the Felt Dam has largely blocked Yellowstone cutthroat trout and other native fish species from accessing the upper reaches of the Teton River where colder water would give them a better chance of persisting in the face of climate change.