MI
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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News and updates
From California Trout11/17/2023
From Idaho Rivers United11/15/2023
The “Practitioner’s Guide to Hydropower Dam Removal” is published