MI
Tippy P-2580
General information | |
Waterway |
Manistee River |
Current status | Active license  |
Type of facility | Conventional Hydro |
Mode of hydropower generation | Run-of-river |
Type of permit | FERC License |
FERC information | |
FERC docket # | P-2580 |
FERC project name | Tippy |
Permit issued | 7/10/94 |
Permit expiration | 6/26/34 |
Ownership and operation | |
Owner | Consumers Energy Co |
Owner type | Investor-Owned Utility |
Year first online (conventional hydro) | 1918 |
Transmission or distribution system owner | ITC Transmission |
Power and generating capacity | |
Number of units | 3 |
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant | 20.1 MW |
Average annual net hydropower generation | 60,218.4 MWH |
- Two existing earth embankment dam sections
- An impoundment with storage area of 1,100 acre-feet
- A powerhouse containing 3 generating units
- Transmission facilities, and appurtenant facilities
- Stronach Dam, on the tributary Pine River which flows into the mainstem Tippy impoundment
For a detailed description of this project and the Hodenphyl project included in the Consumers Settlement Agreement, read this summary.
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