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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