Title
Hydropower Development at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Flood Control Dams: An Evaluation of Key Water Release and Reservoir Pool Issues
Publication Date
1985
Publication Title
Proceedings of the Symposium on Small Hydropower and Fisheries
Start Page
167
End Page
175
Editors
Olson FW;White RG;Hamre RH;
Publication Place
Bethesda, MD
Publisher
American Fisheries Society
Abstract
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) flood control dams have been prime candidates for the installation of small-scale hydropower developments. This paper presents a summary of three key issues that arise in such developments and how they were addressed during the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) licensing process at three COE dams in the Northeast. The three issues are the question of a daily pulsing arrangement for hydroelectric power generation as opposed to generation using current COE releases patterns (run-of-river), the requirements for flows during construction, and the reservoir levels and intake draw-off levels to be used.
Notes
ISBN 0-913235-37-7