Skagit River Complex

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Skagit River Complex is a complex of operating hydroelectric power plants in United States.

The complex consists of the following projects:

Complex Details

Table 1: Project-level details for Skagit River Complex

Project name Status Commissioning year Nameplate capacity Technology type Owner
Diablo hydroelectric plant operating[1] 1936[1] 182.0 MW[1] Run-of-river[2] Seattle City Light [100%][3]
Gorge hydroelectric plant operating[1] 1924[1] 207.0 MW[1] Conventional storage[1] Seattle City Light [100%][3]
Ross hydroelectric plant operating[1] 1952[1] 450.0 MW[1] Conventional storage[1] Seattle City Light [100%][3]

Location

Table 2: Location details for Skagit River Complex

Project name Location River Coordinates (WGS 84)
Diablo hydroelectric plant Rockport, Whatcom County, Washington, United States[4][1] Skagit River[4] 48.7138, -121.132 (exact)[4][1]
Gorge hydroelectric plant Rockport, Whatcom County, Washington, United States[4][1] Skagit River[4] 48.6981, -121.209 (exact)[4][1]
Ross hydroelectric plant Rockport, Whatcom County, Washington, United States[4][1] Skagit River[4] 48.7326, -121.068 (exact)[4][1]

The map below shows the exact locations of the projects in the complex:

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Additional data

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References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 https://web.archive.org/web/20240928140622/https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/archive/xls/november_generator2022.xlsx. Archived from the original on 2024-09-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20221128192258/https://hydroreform.org/hydro-project/diablo-p-553/. Archived from the original on 2022-11-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20221106213155/https://www.seattle.gov/city-light/energy-and-environment/power-supply-and-delivery/hydroelectric-resources. Archived from the original on 2022-11-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B), 2012". Archived from the original on 2022-10-28. Retrieved 2023-11-01 00:00:00. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)