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.