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Gaston P-2009


General information

Waterway  Roanoke River
Current status   Active license 
Type of facility Conventional Hydro
Mode of hydropower generation Peaking
Type of permit FERC License

FERC information

FERC docket # P-2009
FERC project name Roanoke Rapids & Gaston
Other projects with this FERC number
Permit issued 3/26/04
Permit expiration 2/25/44

Ownership and operation

Owner Virginia Electric & Power Co
Owner type Investor-Owned Utility
Year first online (conventional hydro) 1963
Transmission or distribution system owner Virginia Electric & Power Co

Power and generating capacity

Number of units 4
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant 177.6 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation 301,990.8 MWH

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