MI
Hoist P-10855
General information | |
| Waterway |
Dead River |
| Current status | Active |
| Type of facility | Conventional Hydro |
| Mode of hydropower generation | Peaking |
| Type of permit | FERC License |
FERC information | |
| FERC docket # | P-10855 |
| FERC project name | Dead River |
| Other projects with this FERC number | |
| Permit issued | 9/29/02 |
| Permit expiration | 9/26/42 |
Ownership and operation | |
| Owner | Upper Peninsula Power Co |
| Owner type | Investor-Owned Utility |
| Year first online (conventional hydro) | 1988 |
| Transmission or distribution system owner | Upper Peninsula Power Co |
Power and generating capacity | |
| Number of units | 2 |
| Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant | 3.4 mW |
| Average annual net hydropower generation | 12,515.6 mWH |
This project consists of the following three developments:
Silver Lake
- No generation capacity
- A 1,500-foot-long earthen dam with a spillway, a 15-foot-long outlet structure,
- Four earthen saddle dikes
- 1,464-acre Silver Lake reservoir
Dead River (Hoist)
- 4,602-foot-long concrete gravity dam with a spillway
- A 3,202-acre reservoir
- A 342- foot-long rock tunnel connected to a 193-foot-long steel penstock
- A powerhouse containing three turbine generating units with a total installed capacity of 5.5 MW
- The Hoist Development has a 1,000-foot bypassed stream reach
McClure
- 1,874-foot-long concrete gravity dam with a spillway
- A 95.9-acre reservoir
- A powerhouse containing two turbine generating units with a total installed capacity of 10 MW
- A 13,302-foot-long penstock, a surge tank; a tailrace, and an electrical substation
- The McClure development has a 6.1-mile-long bypassed reach
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News and updates
From American Whitewater5/31/2023
From American Whitewater5/30/2023