AK

Cooper Lake P-2170

General information

Waterway  Cooper Creek
 Kenai 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-2170
FERC project name Cooper Lake
Permit issued 8/19/07
Permit expiration 7/27/57

Ownership and operation

Owner Chugach Electric Assn Inc
Owner type Cooperative
Year first online (conventional hydro) 1961
Transmission or distribution system owner Chugach Electric Assn Inc

Power and generating capacity

Number of units 2
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant 19.4 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation 41,075.3 MWH

The project is located on Cooper Lake, Cooper Creek, and Kenai Lake, near the community of Cooper Landing in south-central Alaska.

Project operations currently divert all flow from Cooper Lake through the tunnel/penstock to the project powerhouse, where it is discharged into Kenai Lake. The4.8-mile-long Cooper Creek bypassed reach below the Cooper Lake dam receives no flow.

A settlement agreement that details provisions for operation of project, and resource protection measures among other things, was signed by various stakeholders in 2005.

Milestones

Settlement Filed 08-31-2005
License Application Filed 04-20-2005
EA Issued 11-17-2006

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