Dorena hydro project proposed.Byline: Jeff Wright Jeff Wright can refer to:
The state Department of Environmental Quality has scheduled two information sessions and a public hearing on a Utah company's proposal to build a small hydroelectric power hydroelectric power: see power, electric; water power. hydroelectric power Electricity produced from generators driven by water turbines that convert the energy in falling or fast-flowing water to mechanical energy. plant at Dorena Dam east of Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). . The 58-year-old dam, located on the Row River and built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood control and recreation, is made of earth and gravel with a concrete arch spillway spillway, n a channel or passageway through which food escapes from the occlusal surfaces of the teeth during mastication. The occlusal, developmental, and supplemental grooves, as well as the incisal, occlusal, labial, buccal, and lingual embrasures, . Symbiotics LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control hopes to begin building a two-turbine plant with 8.3-megawatt capacity in 2009. The project envisions a new powerhouse near the dam's existing spillway basin, a steel pipe from the Dorena Lake through the north dam abutment abutment /abut·ment/ (ah-but´ment) a supporting structure to sustain lateral or horizontal pressure, as the anchorage tooth for a fixed or removable partial denture. a·but·ment n. , a concrete-lined channel to discharge flows into the river below the spillway basin, a valve house and a 15-kilovolt transmission line. Symbiotics also is in competition with the Emerald People's Utility District to build a slightly larger hydro project on Fall Creek Fall Creek is the name of several places in the United States:
That project is not as far along in the permitting process, however. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the United States federal agency with jurisdiction over electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydroelectric licensing, natural gas pricing, and oil pipeline rates. issued a preliminary permit to Symbiotics on the Dorena project in 2001. But the company still must obtain a water quality certification - the subject of the upcoming sessions and hearing - from the DEQ DEQ Abbreviation for the Incoterm "Delivered Ex Quay." . Other reviewing agencies include the state Department of Fish & Wildlife, the state Water Resources Department, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Department. Also, the Army Corps of Engineers still must approve a construction permit. The DEQ's certification is intended to determine what effects, if any, the project will have on water quality. As a "run-of-river" operation, the proposed project will only use water already released from the reservoir. There are no plans to manipulate flows to generate more power at peak demand periods, Symbiotics officials have said. The company has said power generated by the dam would most likely be sold to local consumers, possibly through PacifiCorp. Early projections are that the project would cost $8 million to build, and gross slightly more than $1 million in annual sales of electricity. Dorena is one of about 250 dams around the country that Symbiotics has proposed retro-fitting with small "green" hydro projects. The company's first projects to come online in Oregon could be Applegate Dam in Jackson County and Dorena. Symbiotics was formed in the winter of 2001 after the California energy crisis dramatically increased West Coast open market power rates. The company's principals are based in Utah and in Idaho. DORENA LAKE DAM HYDRO PROJECT DEQ plans sessions on water quality permit When/where: Information sessions will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 20 and at 6 p.m. Jan. 3 at Village Green Resort, 725 Row River Road, Cottage Grove. A public hearing will follow at 7 p.m. on Jan. 3. More information: Contact DEQ certification officer Chris Stine at 686-7810 or stine.chris@deq.state.or.us. Or go online at www.deq.state.or.us/wq/sec401cert/docs/hydropower/dorena/conditions.pdf, www.deq.state.or.us/wq/sec401cert/docs/hydropower/dorena/evalfindings.pdf or www.symbioticsenergy.com/dorena.html |
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