Pierce Mill P-6597

General information
Waterway	Contoocook River
Current status	Active license
Type of facility	Conventional Hydro
Type of permit	FERC License
FERC information
FERC docket #	P-6597
FERC project name	Monadnock Paper Mills
Other projects with this FERC number	Paper Mill P-6597 Monadnock P-6597
Permit issued	5/18/14
Permit expiration	7/27/44
Ownership and operation
Owner	Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc.
Owner type	Industrial
Year first online (conventional hydro)	1915
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	2
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	0.8 MW

The 1.9 MW Monadnock Project is located on the Contoocook River (a tributary of the Merrimack River), in the communities of Peterborough, Greenfield, Hancock, and Bennington in the southern central region of New Hampshire. The Project is located approximately 30 miles west of Manchester, New Hampshire and approximately 37 miles southwest of Concord, New Hampshire.

The 1.889-MW Monadnock Project consists of four developments: Powder Mill, Monadnock, Pierce, and Paper Mill (listed from upstream to downstream). The Powder Mill Development is a storage development that includes a dam and impoundment, but no generating facilities. The Monadnock, Pierce, and Paper Mill Developments operate in a run-of-river mode and each includes a dam, powerhouse, and impoundment.