Upper North Fork Feather River Project

Satellite view of Lake Almanor (center left); Butt Valley Reservoir is partly visible at bottom left. The large body of water at right is Mountain Meadows Reservoir, part of PG&E's separate Hamilton Branch Project.

The Upper North Fork Feather River Project is a hydroelectric scheme in the Sierra Nevada of California, within Lassen and Plumas Counties. The project consists of three dams, five power plants, and multiple conduits and tunnels in the headwaters of the North Fork Feather River, a major tributary of the Feather—Sacramento River systems. The total installed capacity is 362.3 megawatts (MW), producing an annual average of 1,171.9 gigawatt hours (GWh). The project is also contracted for the delivery of irrigation water between March 31 and October 31 of each year. The project is owned and operated by Pacific Gas and Electric Company.[1]

The project is one of several on the North Fork and its tributaries, forming a hydroelectric system so extensive it has been dubbed the "Stairway of Power".[2][3]

  1. ^ "Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) favors relicensing of Upper North Fork Feather River Hydropower Project (P-2105-089) in California". Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 2005-11-10. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  2. ^ "Rock Creek-Cresta" (PDF). Hydropower Reform Coalition. 2005. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
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