School Street P-2539

General information
Waterway	Mohawk 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-2539
FERC project name	School Street
Permit issued	2/10/07
Permit expiration	1/27/47
Ownership and operation
Owner	Erie Boulevard Hydropower LP
Owner type	Wholesale Power Marketer
Year first online (conventional hydro)	1915
Transmission or distribution system owner	Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	5
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	42.0 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation	155,266.0 MWH

The project is located on the Mohawk River in Albany and Saratoga Counties, New York.

The School Street Project dam was constructed in 1831. Electric power generation commenced in 1916, and additional generating units were added in 1922 and 1925. The 16-foot-high dam, located about 4,000 feet above Cohoes Falls, impounds a reservoir with a surface area of about 100 acres. Water is diverted at the dam to a power canal, through which it is conveyed to a powerhouse just below Cohoes Falls, and then is returned to the Mohawk River.

The School Street Project includes a 1,280-foot-long, 16-foot-high masonry gravity overflow-type dam that impounds a 100-acre reservoir.

Milestones

License Issued	02-15-2007
Second Circuit Court Annuls 2007 License	08-10-2009
License Application Filed	12-23-1991
Settlement Filed	03-09-2009
DEA Issued	11-20-1996
FEA Issued	09-08-2001