Vermont Hydro Power

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Vermont Hydro Power

• Winooski

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VT Water Power History

• Our water ways have been used for mechanical
  power since the earliest European settlers
• For sawmills, gristmills, cotton mills, carding
  mills, and producers of machine tools, scales,
  paper, and pulp

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How much and from what?

• as late as 1940, 90 percent of Vermont's needs
  were met by stations operating solely on water
  power
• In 1999 29.4 of our power was hydroelectric
• 10.8 was from utilities
• 18.7 was from non-utilties
• Today Vermont uses 1000 mw a day

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• Ten Largest Plants by Generating Capability,
  1999-Summer mw capacity
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•  1. Vermont Yankee      Nuclear Vermont
  Yankee Nucl Pwr Corp 506  
•  2. J C McNeil       Petroleum,Gas, Other
  Burlington City of 52   
• 3. Berlin 5              Petroleum
  Green Mountain Power Corp 41  
• 4. Bellows FLS          Hydro US Gen
  New England Inc 40  
•  5. Wilder                Hydro US
  Gen New England Inc 37  
•  6. Harriman              Hydro US
  Gen New England Inc 33 
•  7. Sheldon Springs  Hydro
  Missisquoi Associates 26   
• 8. Ryegate Power Other Ryegate
  Associates 21 
• 9. Vernon               Hydro US
  Gen New England Inc 20  
• 10. Burlington GT         Petroleum Burlington
  City of 20

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Our Power

• VT power Production

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Some VT Hydro Stations

Comerford Station whose four large generators
produce 164 megawatts of power
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• The Vernon station whose eight turbines produce
  22 megawatts of electric power

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• The Bellows Falls station whose three generating
  units draw on water flowing through the historic
  1791 canal and produce 49 megawatts of electric
  power

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• The Wilder station, consisting of a 2,900-feet
  long dam and three generators which produce 42
  megawatts of power

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• The Moore Station, the largest hydro-generating
  facility on the Connecticut River which
  encompasses a 3,490-acre storage reservoir and
  whose power output totals 192 megawatts

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• McIndoes Station whose 13 megawatts of power
  serve primarily to smooth the uneven water flows
  which result from the Comerford stations
  operation

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Government Model of Hydro Resources in VT

• There are 29 dams that produce power with a
  potential of 62.9 mw and modeled 31.8mw
• There are 70 dams without power with a potential
  of 261.4 mw and modeled 131.1mw
• There are 50 undeveloped sites with a potential
  of 90.1 mw and modeled 11.7mw

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Semi Current Events

• VT had a chance to buy 8 hydro dams in VT
• 2 on the Deerfield River and 6 on the Connecticut
  River
• Total of 527mw or 50 of our power