Soft Maple P-2645

General information
Waterway	Beaver 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-2645
FERC project name	Beaver River
Other projects with this FERC number	Taylorville P-2645 Moshier P-2645 High Falls P-2645 Elmer P-2645 Effley P-2645 Eagle P-2645 Belfort P-2645
Permit issued	7/28/96
Permit expiration	7/27/26
Ownership and operation
Owner	Erie Boulevard Hydropower LP
Owner type	Wholesale Power Marketer
Year first online (conventional hydro)	1925
Transmission or distribution system owner	Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	2
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	16.0 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation	37,188.8 MWH

The project is located on the Beaver River in the Towns of Croghan and Watson in Lewis County and in the Town of Webb in Herkimer County, New York.

The project comprises eight developments spanning 18 miles. They are (in descending order) Moshier, Eagle, Soft Maple, Effley, Elmer, Taylorville, Belfort, and High Falls.

The Beaver River Project’s eight developments extend upstream from the High Falls Development at river mile (RM) 11 to the Moshier Development at RM 27.5.

The developments are operated in a coordinated manner as store-and-release facilities primarily to meet peak demand in the Niagara Mohawk system. Flows reaching the project are controlled by releases from the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District’s (Hudson-Black) Stillwater Reservoir Project No. 6743, located approximately five miles upstream of the most upstream Beaver River Project development, Moshier.

The project was constructed between 1903 and 1930. Four of the developments — Moshier, Eagle, Soft Maple, and Taylorville — have extensive bypassed reaches. These range from about 3,850 feet at Eagle to over 11,700 feet at Moshier.