Claytor P-739

General information
Waterway	New 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-739
FERC project name	Claytor
Permit issued	12/22/11
Permit expiration	11/26/41
Ownership and operation
Owner	Appalachian Power Co
Owner type	Investor-Owned Utility
Year first online (conventional hydro)	1939
Transmission or distribution system owner	Appalachian Power Co
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	4
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	74.8 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation	208,510.8 MWH

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Constructed in 1939, the Claytor project has had two previous license- one issued in May 1943 and the other in August 1980. The newest license was issued in December 2011. The project is located on the New River in Pulaski County in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The Claytor Project consists of:

a 1,142-foot-long, 137 foot high concrete gravity dam;
a 4,363-acre reservoir with a storage capacity of 225,000 acre-feet at a normal pool elevation of 1,846.0 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD);
four 16-foot-diameter penstocks;
a powerhouse integral with the dam containing four generating units with a combined capacity of 75 MW;
an 827-foot-long transmission line; and
appurtenant equipment.