High Dam P-10551
General information | |
| Waterway |
Oswego River |
| Current status | Active license |
| Type of facility | Conventional Hydro |
| Mode of hydropower generation | Run-of-river |
| Type of permit | FERC License |
FERC information | |
| FERC docket # | P-10551 |
| FERC project name | High Dam |
| Permit issued | 11/17/91 |
| Permit expiration | 10/27/31 |
Ownership and operation | |
| Owner | Oswego City of |
| Owner type | Publicly Owned Utility |
| Year first online (conventional hydro) | 1928 |
| Transmission or distribution system owner | Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. |
Power and generating capacity | |
| Number of units | 4 |
| Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant | 11.9 MW |
| Average annual net hydropower generation | 43,546.2 MWH |
The project is located at the Lock and Dam No. 6 on the Oswego River, in Oswego County, New York, 1.8 miles from its mouth at Lake Ontario.
The existing project facilities consist of a 35-foot-high, 500-foot-long dam with 10-inch-high flashboards, an existing navigation lock, an impoundment with a surface area of 240 acres and a storage capacity of 3,927 acre-feet, a forebay headgate structure, and a powerhouse containing four vertical propeller turbine-generator units with a combined rated capacity of 7,600 kW.
Milestones
| License Order Issued | 11-22-1991 |
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News and updates
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