Piney P-309

General information
Waterway	Clarion River
Current status	Active license
Type of facility	Conventional Hydro
Mode of hydropower generation	Run-of-river/Peaking
Type of permit	FERC License
FERC information
FERC docket #	P-309
FERC project name	Piney
Permit issued	8/29/04
Permit expiration	8/27/34
Ownership and operation
Owner	BP Piney & Deep Creek LLC
Owner type	Private Non-utility
Year first online (conventional hydro)	1924
Transmission or distribution system owner	Pennsylvania Electric Co
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	3
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	30.0 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation	68,043.8 MWH

The Piney Hydroelectric Project is located on the Clarion River, in Clarion County, Pennsylvania.

The Project consists of a 16-mile long impoundment, a concrete gravity-arch dam with a maximum height of 139 feet, intake structures, and a powerhouse with three vertical Francis turbine-generator units.

The Piney Project, located approximately 3 miles southwest of the town of Clarion, was constructed in 1924.