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.

Au Sable River Projects, Au Sable River, Michigan
License summaries › Midwest 1/1/2009

From Trout Unlimited9/29/2021

From Hydropower Reform Coalition9/26/2021

General information