Foote P-2436

General information
Waterway	Au Sable River
Current status	Active
Type of facility	Conventional Hydro
Mode of hydropower generation	Reregulating
Type of permit	FERC License
FERC information
FERC docket #	P-2436
FERC project name	Foote
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)	1918
Transmission or distribution system owner	Consumers Energy Co
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	3
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	9.0 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation	29,305.7 MWH

A dam containing two existing earth fill embankment sections, a concrete core wall, and a steel sheet pile cutoff wall
A 93-foot-long reinforced concrete spillway
An impoundment with an area of 1,702 acre-feet
A concrete powerhouse with three generating units
Transmission facilities, including a powerhouse step-up substation and a 600-foot-long, 46-kilovolt transmission line and appurtenant facilities.
Average annual energy production of 30,906 megawatt hours (MWh), based on a ten-year period of record from 1980 through 1989.

For a detailed description of this project and 10 others included in the Consumers Settlement Agreement, read this summary.

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