Description

The Bebee Island projects is located on the Black River within the City of Watertown in Jefferson County, New York. It is one of ten hydroelectric projects on the river's lower reaches between Carthage, New York, and its mouth at Lake Ontario.

The project's nameplate rating is 8.0 MW, and its annual generation averages about 38,729 megawatt hours (MWh).

Issues

Fish and wildlife resources, water quality, recreation, lands management and ownership, and aesthetics.

A Settlement for this project was signed by Niagara Mohawk, Beebee Island, NPS, FWS, NYSDEC, the Adirondack Mountain Club, American Rivers, New York Rivers, Heritage, the New York Council of Trout Unlimited, and the New York State Conservation Council.

The settlement encompasses the Beebee Island Project (P-2538) and the Black River Project (P-2569).

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