KS
Kansas River P-13526
General information | |
Waterway |
Kansas 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-13526 |
FERC project name | Expanded Kansas River |
Permit issued | 8/14/10 |
Permit expiration | 7/27/60 |
Ownership and operation | |
Owner | Bowersock Mills & Power Co |
Owner type | Private Non-utility |
Year first online (conventional hydro) | 1920 |
Transmission or distribution system owner | Westar Energy Inc |
Power and generating capacity | |
Number of units | 11 |
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant | 7.0 MW |
Average annual net hydropower generation | 15,695.1 MWH |
The Bowersock Mills and Power Company owned a FERC exemption (P-2644) for this site for which they now have a license. The new license terminates the exemption and allows the expansion of the previous project.
The new license authorizes a 6.5 MW project to be located at an existing dam on the Kansas River near Lawrence, in Douglas County, Kansas.
Milestones
NOI and PAD Filed | 10-23-2009 |
License Application Filed | 02-08-2010 |
EA Issued | 08-19-2010 |
License Order Issued | 08-19-2010 |
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