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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
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
• Ten Largest Plants by Generating Capability, 1999-Summer mw capacity
• 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
Our Power
• VT power Production
• The Bellows Falls station whose three generating units draw on water flowing through the historic 1791 canal and produce 49 megawatts of electric power
• The Wilder station, consisting of a 2,900‑feet long dam and three generators which produce 42 megawatts of power;
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
• McIndoes Station whose 13 megawatts of power serve primarily to smooth the uneven water flows which result from the Comerford station’s operation
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