Lower Salmon P-2061

General information
Waterway	Snake 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-2061
FERC project name	Lower Salmon Falls
Permit issued	7/30/04
Permit expiration	7/27/34
Ownership and operation
Owner	Idaho Power Co
Owner type	Investor-Owned Utility
Year first online (conventional hydro)	1949
Transmission or distribution system owner	Idaho Power Co
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	4
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	60.0 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation	235,737.3 MWH

Download License Summary for the Mid-Snake River Projects.

The Shoshone Falls, Upper and Lower Salmon Falls, and the Bliss projects are together referred to as the mid-Snake projects. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued licenses for the mid-Snake projects and the C.J. Strike project at once based on the multi-party settlement which encompasses all five projects.

The Mid-Snake Projects are located on the Snake River in south-central Idaho near the cities of Hagerman and Bliss, Idaho. The projects span more than 25 miles, from the main diversion dam at the Upper Salmon Falls Project downstream to the Bliss Dam. Between these facilities are the Lower Salmon Falls Dam and a free-flowing stretch of the Snake River known as the Wiley Reach.

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