贝克河水电工程

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  • 香农湖日间公园

    The new public day use-park at the Lake Shannon boat launch site is now open to the public. 新公园的特点是扩大了停车场, 卫生间, 野餐桌, 木炭烧烤, and a covered picnic shelter for the public to enjoy. This project helps PSE meet Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requirements as part of the licensing agreement for the Baker Hydroelectric project.

    The park is open from April 15 to October 31, annually. 停车时间从黎明到黄昏. At this time PSE is not accepting reservations for the picnic shelter, 他先来, 先得. For questions and concerns regarding the park, please contact the Major Projects hotline:

    A woman and man perform a ribbon cutting ceremony with people gathered around 野餐桌 under an open air shelter by Lake Shannon in rainy weather.

    图片来源:Pamela Snavely(左), PSE Baker Hydroelectric Project Plant Manager and Tony Fuchs, PSE咨询资源科学家, cut the ribbon at the new Lake Shannon Day-Use Park opening celebration.

    托尼·福克斯，公园经理
    1.888.404.8773
    主要.projects@aprender-a-bailar.com

     

  • 贝克河 Club House Visitor and Interpretation Center

    贝克俱乐部访客中心

    贝克河 Club House Visitor Center is closed for the season. 场地开放供散步. The renovated Club House provides interpretive and educational information to the visiting public about the mission of PSE, the hydroelectric project and its facilities, 访客保安及安全, 地理区域, and the cultural and natural 资源 of the area.

    历史保护主义者, Archaeologists and cultural resource experts have worked with community, government and tribal stakeholders to design and develop the rehabilitation of the Club House which honors its character, 历史, and provides a point of interest for community members and visitors alike to enjoy for years to come .

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    The new 贝克河 Visitor and Interpretation Center

    Ribbon cutting ceremony at 贝克河 Visitor and Interpretation Center

    图:(从左至右)Pamela Snavely, PSE Baker Hydroelectric Project Plant Manager; Rick Hartson from the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe; Mayor of Concrete, Jason Miller; and Ron Roberts, PSE Vice President of Generation cut the ribbon at the Grand Opening Ceremony on June 9 in Concrete, WA.

    The Club House is open again in spring of 2023.

    For more information regarding this project, please contact:
    Elizabeth Dubreuil, Consulting Resource Scientist
    1.888.404.8773
    主要.projects@aprender-a-bailar.com

     

  • 现代化和安全工作

    In an effort to ensure continued public safety and reliability in the operation of Lower Baker Dam, PSE began safety and modernization work at the dam in early 2020 late 2021 lasting for approximately five years. The community of Concrete will experience an increase of construction traffic as this work progresses through the mobilization phase. For more information regarding this work, please see the 通知 that was mailed to the community in late 2021 detailing the construction schedule.

     

概述

普吉特海湾能源公司's largest hydropower facility is the 贝克河水电工程, located on a tributary of the Skagit River in northwest Washington. The project includes two concrete dams and their associated powerhouses and facilities. 工程水库, 贝克湖和香农湖, are fed by runoff from the flanks of Mount Baker and Mount Shuksan.

The 贝克河水电工程 covers almost 300 square miles in Washington state. Several entities own land within the 贝克河 basin, including the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Washington Department of Natural Resources and PSE.

Starting upstream on the 贝克河 system is the Upper Baker Dam, a 312-foot-high concrete gravity dam completed in 1959 with 107 megawatts of power-generating capacity. Downstream is the 285-foot-high Lower Baker Dam, 混凝土拱坝建成于1925年, which has a generating capacity of 111 megawatts. The power project also contains extensive salmon-enhancement系统, including a fish hatchery and innovative facilities for moving migrating fish both upstream and downstream around PSE's two dams.

The project creates more than 7,203 acres of water surface that provides 公共娱乐, 渔业, flood risk management and hydropower benefits for the communities in the Skagit River Valley and the greater northwest. To ensure public safety in the operation of its facilities, PSE complies with strict federal regulations, and has developed a comprehensive Dam 安全 Program. PSE获得了50年的联邦贷款 营业执照 于2008年10月为该项目的.

贝克河 Dam early-warning siren system

As part of PSE's Dam 安全 Program and Emergency Action Plan, PSE upgraded the early-warning siren system for the project in 2018. The upgrade increased the sound coverage area, taking the system from three sirens to eight. Additional information is provided in PSE's pamphlet on 大坝周边的公共安全.

警报器每月测试一次. During the siren test, the sirens sound for less than one minute. The siren test occurs on the second Monday of every month at 6 p.m. To hear the siren messages and tone, download the audio files below:

Early-warning siren system testing took place on June 15, 2021.

Explore the interactive map below to see the locations of the sirens.

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