Description
The Price Dam Project would use the Corps' existing Melvin Price Locks & Dam and reservoir (known as Pool 26). The project would use multiple turbine-generating units in six generating modules that can be easily lifted out of the water during flood flows to reduce damage to the units or to allow responsibilities at the MP Locks & Dam.
The original license was obtained by Price Dam Partnership Limited but transferred to Brookfield Power in October 2007.
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News Related to Price Dam
US House Okays Bill to Stop Termination of License
Project:
Price Dam: P-12187
The US House passed a bill earlier this week to allow six more years to start construction for developing hydropower at Melvin Price Lock and Dam on the Mississippi River in Alton, IL.
