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The project is owned and operated by Seattle City Light to provide electric power for the City of Seattle and surrounding communities. In 2012, hydro-electric dams provided approximately 89.8 percent of the electricity used in Seattle. [2] The Skagit Hydroelectric Project alone accounts for about 20 percent of Seattle City Light's electricity.
As compensation for the flooded land, which totals about 500 acres (2.0 km 2), Seattle City Light paid the Province of British Columbia $250,000, as well as an annual payment of $5,000. Two years prior to the reservoir reaching full pool, construction of the Ross Dam power plant began, and two turbines first went on line in 1956, generating 360 ...
Boundary Dam is a concrete arch gravity-type hydroelectric dam, finished in 1967, on the Pend Oreille River, in the U.S. state of Washington. The dam is located in the northeast corner of Washington state. It is operated by Seattle City Light [4] and makes up a significant portion of the City of Seattle's energy portfolio. On average, it ...
Boundary Dam: Pend Oreille: Pend Oreille River: Boundary Lake: Arch-gravity 1,070.0: 340 100 95,000 117,000 1967 Seattle City Light: Hydroelectric Box Canyon Dam: Pend Oreille: Pend Oreille River: Box Canyon Reservoir: Gravity 90.0: 62 19 60,000 74,000 1956 Pend Oreille Public Utility District: Hydroelectric Chief Joseph Dam: Douglas/ Okanogan ...
Apr. 8—Seattle City Light announced Wednesday that in response to requests from the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe and other stakeholders it has broadened its study plan for the relicensing of its ...
Seattle Municipal Light and Power Plant, also known as Cedar Falls Historic District, is a public hydroelectric plant near North Bend, Washington operated by Seattle City Light. The plant on the Cedar River was the first publicly-owned electrical generating plant for Seattle and one of the earliest in the country for a municipality of its size.
Pages in category "Seattle City Light dams" ... Diablo Dam; G. Gorge Dam; R. Ross Dam; S. Seattle Municipal Light and Power Plant; Skagit River Hydroelectric Project
Created by Diablo Dam, the lake is located between Ross Lake and Gorge Lake on the Skagit River at an elevation of 1,201 feet (366 m) above sea level. [1] Diablo Lake is part of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project and managed by Seattle City Light.