NY

Lower Saranac Hydroelectric Facility P-4114

General information

Waterway  Saranac 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-4114
FERC project name Lower Saranac
Permit issued 6/21/87
Permit expiration 5/27/27

Ownership and operation

Owner Lower Saranac Hydro Partner LP
Owner type Private Non-utility
Year first online (conventional hydro) 1990
Transmission or distribution system owner New York State Elec & Gas Corp

Power and generating capacity

Number of units 3
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant 6.7 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation 28,575.2 MWH

Also known as Treadwell Mills Dam, this facility has fish passage that is not operational due to three downstream dam barriers that prevent fish from reaching this dam. Two of those downstream dams, Indian Rapids and Fredenburgh Falls, are now being removed after a years-long process between Trout Unlimited, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and other partners to secure this agreement. Read more here.

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