McClure P-10855

General information
Waterway	Dead 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-10855
FERC project name	Dead River
Other projects with this FERC number	Hoist P-10855
Permit issued	9/29/02
Permit expiration	9/26/42
Ownership and operation
Owner	Upper Peninsula Power Co
Owner type	Investor-Owned Utility
Year first online (conventional hydro)	1988
Transmission or distribution system owner	Upper Peninsula Power Co
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	2
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	8.0 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation	35,040.9 MWH

This project consists of the following three developments:

Silver Lake

Dead River (Hoist)

4,602-foot-long concrete gravity dam with a spillway
A 3,202-acre reservoir
A 342- foot-long rock tunnel connected to a 193-foot-long steel penstock
A powerhouse containing three turbine generating units with a total installed capacity of 5.5 MW
The Hoist Development has a 1,000-foot bypassed stream reach

McClure

1,874-foot-long concrete gravity dam with a spillway
A 95.9-acre reservoir
A powerhouse containing two turbine generating units with a total installed capacity of 10 MW
A 13,302-foot-long penstock, a surge tank; a tailrace, and an electrical substation
The McClure development has a 6.1-mile-long bypassed reach

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