Lower St. Anthony Falls Hydroelectric Project P-12451

General information
Waterway	Mississippi River
Current status	Active
Type of facility	Conventional Hydro
Mode of hydropower generation	Run-of-river
Type of permit	FERC License
FERC information
FERC docket #	P-12451
FERC project name	Lower St. Anthony Falls
Permit issued	2/16/06
Permit expiration	1/27/56
Ownership and operation
Owner	SAF Hydroelectric, LLC
Owner type	Wholesale Power Marketer
Year first online (conventional hydro)	2011
Transmission or distribution system owner	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	16
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	9.6 mW
Average annual net hydropower generation	36,710.6 mWH

The project is located at the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam (LSAF Lock & Dam) on the Mississippi River, in the city of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.

FERC issued a license on February 21, 2006 to SAF Hydro LLC, a subsidiary of Brookfield Renewable Power toconstruct and operate a hydropower facility on the Lowe St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam on the Mississippi River.

SAF Hydro and the Corps signed a memorandum of agreement for access, design and construction in September 2006.

The Corps accepted SAF Hydro’s proposed design for the hydropower plant on March 5, 2009. Construction is underway and will be completed in fall 2010. Commercial operation is proposed to begin in December 2010.

The Corps and the Licensee will sign an operating memorandum of agreement prior to the plant beginning commercial operation.

Source: USACE