Allens Falls P-10461

General information
Waterway	West Branch St. Regis River
Current status	Active license
Type of facility	Conventional Hydro
Mode of hydropower generation	Peaking
Type of permit	FERC License
FERC information
FERC docket #	P-10461
FERC project name	West Branch St. Regis River
Other projects with this FERC number	Parishville P-10461
Permit issued	9/22/02
Permit expiration	8/27/42
Ownership and operation
Owner	Erie Boulevard Hydropower LP
Owner type	Wholesale Power Marketer
Year first online (conventional hydro)	1927
Transmission or distribution system owner	Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	1
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	4.0 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation	20,766.2 MWH

This project consists of 2.4-megawatt (MW) Parishville Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 10461) and 4.4-MW Allens Falls HydroelectricProject (FERC No. 10462) both located on the West Branch of St. Regis River in St. Lawrence County, New York.

The project provides an average annual generation of 34,730 megawatt-hours. The Parishville Project, furthest upstream, discharges into the Allens Falls Projectimpoundment.

The Parishville development consists of a dam, a 70-acre reservoir, a 2,561-foot-long penstock, a powerhouse housing a 2.4-MW turbine/generator unit, a 4.8-kV transmission line, and appurtenant facilities.

The Allens Falls development consists of a concrete gravity-type dam, a 108-acre reservoir, a 9,344- foot-long pipeline, a surge tank, an 886-foot-long penstock, a powerhouse housing a 4.4-MW turbine/generator unit, a 2.4-mile-long 115-kV transmission line, and appurtenant facilities.

The Settlement Agreement filed before FERC addresses multiple issues. The Settlement was signed by: Adirondack Mountain Club, American Rivers, American Whitewater, Erie Boulevard, New York Rivers United, New York State Conservation Council, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, St. Lawrence County, Town of Parishville, Trout Unlimited, US DOI, and US FWS