Whitman Lake Project P-11841
General information | |
| Waterway |
Whitman Lake |
| 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-11841 |
| FERC project name | Whitman Lake |
| Permit issued | 3/12/09 |
| Permit expiration | 2/24/59 |
Ownership and operation | |
| Owner | Ketchikan Public Utilities |
| Owner type | Publicly Owned Utility |
| Year first online (conventional hydro) | 2015 |
| Transmission or distribution system owner | Ketchikan Public Utilities |
Power and generating capacity | |
| Number of units | 2 |
| Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant | 4.8 MW |
| Average annual net hydropower generation | 8,183.0 MWH |
The Whitman Lake Hydroelectric Project would be located on the southeast end of Revillagigedo Island in southeastern Alaska, approximately four miles east of Ketchikan, within the Whitman Lake and Achilles Creek watersheds. Whitman Lake was a naturally formed lake prior to impoundment. In 1927 construction of the 39-foot-high, 220-foot-long concrete gravity arch dam (Whitman dam) with a 40-foot-wide Ogee spillway, increased the reservoir’s area to 0.23 square mile (148 acres).
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