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Victoria P-1864
General information | |
Waterway |
West Branch Ontonagon 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-1864 |
FERC project name | Bond Falls |
Permit issued | 8/15/03 |
Permit expiration | 7/27/43 |
Ownership and operation | |
Owner | Upper Peninsula Power Co |
Owner type | Investor-Owned Utility |
Year first online (conventional hydro) | 1931 |
Transmission or distribution system owner | Upper Peninsula Power Co |
Power and generating capacity | |
Number of units | 2 |
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant | 12.0 MW |
Average annual net hydropower generation | 50,669.1 MWH |
The Bond Falls project has following four developments:
Bond Falls
- On middle branch of Ontonagon River
- 45 ft high, 900 ft long main dam
- 35 ft high, 850 ft wide control dam
- Stored water diverted to the Victoria dam where electricity is generated
Bergland
- On west branch of Ontonagon River
- 4 ft high, 179 ft long dam
- Controls water level in Lake Gogebic (natural lake)
Cisco
- On the Cisco branch of Ontonagon River
- 11 ft high, 21 ft long dam
- Controls Cisco Lake
- No minimum flow requirement for Cisco
Victoria
- On west branch of Ontonagon River
- 118 ft high, 301 ft long dam
- Controls Victoria reservoir with spillway of 4 gated bays
- 1.6 mile long bypass
- Has the only powerhouse with two turbines, 6 MW each.
See the Bond Falls License Summary for more information.
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