Proctor P-2558
General information | |
Waterway |
Otter Creek |
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-2558 |
FERC project name | Otter Creek |
Other projects with this FERC number | |
Permit issued | 10/18/14 |
Permit expiration | 9/26/54 |
Ownership and operation | |
Owner | Central Vermont Pub Serv Corp |
Owner type | Investor-Owned Utility |
Year first online (conventional hydro) | 1905 |
Transmission or distribution system owner | Green Mountain Power Corp |
Power and generating capacity | |
Number of units | 5 |
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant | 6.9 MW |
Average annual net hydropower generation | 22,577.1 MWH |
Download license summary for the Otter Creek project.
The project is located on Otter Creek in Addison and Rutland Counties, Vermont and consists of three developments: Proctor, Beldens, and Huntington Falls.
The Proctor Development consists of a 128-foot-long, 13-foot-high masonry, concrete-capped dam with a 3-foot-high inflatable flashboard system. The dam is located at river mile (RM) 64.2 and impounds a reservoir with a surface area of 95 acres and a usable storage capacity of 275 acre-feet at a normal maximum water surface elevation of 469.5 feet above mean sea level (msl).
The Beldens Development consists of a concrete dam with 2.5-foot-high wooden flashboards. The dam comprises two sections on either side of a bedrock island: a 15-foot-high, 56-foot-long section on the west side (Beldens west dam) and a 24-foot-high, 57-foot-long section on the east side (Beldens east dam). The dam is located at RM 23 and impounds a reservoir with a surface area of 22 acres and a usable storage capacity of 253 acre-feet at a normal maximum water surface elevation of 283 feet msl.
The Huntington Falls Development consists of a 31-foot-high, 187-foot-long concrete dam with a 2.5-foot-high inflatable flashboard system. The dam is located at RM 21 and impounds a reservoir with a surface area of 23 acres with a storage capacity of 234 acre-feet at a normal maximum water surface elevation of 217.8 feet msl.
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