Curtis P-2609

The Curtis/Palmer Falls Project consists of two separate developments: Curtis and Palmer Falls, which are operated in coordination with an extensive storage system located in the headwaters of the Hudson River.

The Project has a total installed capacity of 58.8MW and an average annual generation of approximately 300,000MWh.

The Curtis development, located furthest upstream, consists of;

• a 25-foot-high
• 743-foot-long
• concrete dam with a 714-foot-long spillway section topped by 46-inch-high wooden flashboards
• a 5.9-mile-long impoundment with a surface area of 390 acres at a normal high water elevation of 548.8 feet
• a gated powerhouse intake structure
• a powerhouse containing five generator units with a total installed capacity of 10.8 MW, and
• appurtenant facilities.

The Palmer Falls development is located approximately 2,700 feet downstream of the Curtis development and consists of:

• a 37-foot-high, 486-foot-long, concrete dam with a 346-foot-long spillway section topped with a 6-foot-high Bridgestone inflatable rubber dam
• a 2,700-foot-long impoundment with a surface area of 28 acres at a normal pond elevation of 522.9 feet
• a gated intake structure
• a powerhouse
• two 20-foot-diameter, 220-foot-long and 260-foot-long penstocks extending from the intake structure to the powerhouse
• a powerhouse containing two generator units with a total installed capacity of 48 MW, and
• appurtenant facilities.

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