WA

Lower Baker P-2150


General information

Waterway  Baker 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-2150
FERC project name Baker
Other projects with this FERC number
Permit issued 10/12/08
Permit expiration 9/26/58

Ownership and operation

Owner Puget Sound Energy Inc
Owner type Investor-Owned Utility
Year first online (conventional hydro) 1960
Transmission or distribution system owner Puget Sound Energy Inc

Power and generating capacity

Number of units 2
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant 111.2 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation 359,215.4 MWH

Upper Baker development– a powerhouse containing two turbine-generator units with a total installed capacity of 90.70 MW; downstream fish passage facilities; and appurtenant facilities.

Lower Baker development– a powerhouse containing a single turbine-generator unit with an installed capacity of 79.33 MW; a 750-foot-long, 115-kilovolt (kV) transmission line; upstream fish passage facilities; and appurtenant facilities.

Puget proposes to construct a new auxiliary powerhouse adjacent to the existing powerhouse at the Lower Baker development, and to install two new turbine-generator units with a combined installed capacity of 30 MW.

The total installed capacity at the Lower Baker development would increase from 79.33 to 109.33 MW, bringing the project’s total capacity to 200.03 MW. Puget also proposes to upgrade the existing upstream and downstream fish passage facilities and to construct a salmon hatchery at its Sulphur Creek facility near the Upper Baker development.

The Settlement Agreement signed addresses many concerns. The SA is included in the License. The signatories to the SA includes:Puget Sound Energy; Forest Service; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; National Park Service; NMFS; Upper Skagit Indian Tribe; Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe; Swinomish Indian Tribal Community; Washington Ecology; Washington Fish and Wildlife; Washington Department of Natural Resources; Skagit County; City of Anacortes; Town of Concrete; Public Utility District No. 1 of Skagit County; Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation; The Nature Conservancy; North Cascades Conservation Council; North Cascades Institute; Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation; Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group; Washington Council of Trout Unlimited; Wildcat Steelhead Club; and Bob Helton.

 

Milestones

License Issued 10-17-2008
License Expires 12-31-1969

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