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Mount Elbert
General information | |
| Waterway |
Fryingpan River |
| Current status | Active license |
| Type of facility | Pumped Storage |
| Mode of hydropower generation | Peaking |
| Type of permit | Reclamation |
Ownership and operation | |
| Owner | Reclamation Great Plains Region (GP) |
| Owner type | Reclamation |
| Year first online (pumped storage) | 1981 |
| Transmission or distribution system owner | WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration |
Power and generating capacity | |
| Number of units | 2 |
| Total capacity from pumped storage turbine-generator units | 200.0 MW |
| Pumped storage gross generation in megawatt hours for each powerplant | 293,866.5 MWH |
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