MI
Alcona P-2447
General information | |
Waterway |
Au Sable River |
Current status | Active  |
Type of facility | Conventional Hydro |
Mode of hydropower generation | Run-of-river |
Type of permit | FERC License |
FERC information | |
FERC docket # | P-2447 |
FERC project name | Alcona |
Permit issued | 7/10/94 |
Permit expiration | 6/26/34 |
Ownership and operation | |
Owner | Consumers Energy Co |
Owner type | Investor-Owned Utility |
Year first online (conventional hydro) | 1924 |
Transmission or distribution system owner | ITC Transmission |
Power and generating capacity | |
Number of units | 2 |
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant | 8.0 mW |
Average annual net hydropower generation | 27,098.3 mWH |
- Dam containing two existing earth fill embankment sections, a concrete core wall, and a steel sheet pile cutoff wall
- A 250-foot-long emergency spillway
- An existing impoundment with an area of 1,470 acre-feet
- A 135-foot-long tailrace
- A concrete and masonry powerhouse containing two generating units
- Transmission facilities, including a powerhouse step-up substation and a 400-foot-long, 138-kilovolt transmission line, and appurtenant facilities
- The project has an average annual energy production of 26,038 MWh, based on a ten-year period of record from 1980 through 1989.
For a detailed description of this project and 10 others included in the Consumers Settlement Agreement, read this summary.
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