MI
Five Channels P-2453
General information | |
Waterway |
Au Sable River |
Current status | Active  |
Type of facility | Conventional Hydro |
Mode of hydropower generation | Peaking |
Type of permit | FERC License |
FERC information | |
FERC docket # | P-2453 |
FERC project name | Five Channels |
Permit issued | 7/10/94 |
Permit expiration | 6/26/34 |
Ownership and operation | |
Owner | Consumers Energy Co |
Owner type | Investor-Owned Utility |
Year first online (conventional hydro) | 1912 |
Transmission or distribution system owner | Consumers Energy Co |
Power and generating capacity | |
Number of units | 2 |
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant | 6.0 mW |
Average annual net hydropower generation | 23,802.2 mWH |
- Two existing earth embankment dam sections, a concrete slab and buttress spillway section,
- An existing impoundment with a storage area of 124 acre-feet
- A powerhouse containing two generating units
- Transmission facilities and appurtenant facilities.
For a detailed description of this project and 10 others included in the Consumers Settlement Agreement, read this summary.
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