GREEN SPRINGS POWERPLANT
Green Springs Powerplant
| Plant Contact: | Terry Kent Program Manager, Facilities O&M |
| Telephone Numbers: | Phone: (208) 378-5290 Fax: (208) 378-5129 |
| E-Mail Address: | tkent@pn.usbr.gov |
| Reclamation Region: | Pacific Northwest |
| NERC Region: | Western Electricity Coordinating Council, Northwest Power Pool Area |
| PMA Service Area: | Bonneville Power Administration |
| Project Authorization: | Congress authorized the Talent Division of the Rogue River Project in Public Law 606, 83d Congress, 2d Session, approved August 20, 1954, (68 Stat. 752). |
| Project Purposes: | The Talent Division of the Rogue River Basin Project provided for construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of the irrigation facilities of three privately owned irrigation districts in the vicinity of Medford, Oregon, and the provision for supplemental water for these lands. A collection canal system and five small reservoirs are used to divert the project water supply through a transbasin tunnel into a tributary of the Rogue River. |
| Plant Facts: | The Green Springs tunnel and power conduit are 6,650 feet long and connect to the penstock, which is 60 inches in diameter and 9,000 feet long. The Green Springs Powerplant is an outdoor-type plant with a capacity of 16,000 kilowatts and a discharge of 133 cubic feet per second operating under a head of 1,800 feet. The powerplant is generally manned on a two-shift basis. |
| Plant Purpose: | Green Springs Powerplant was constructed to take advantage of the head drop of the transbasin diversion to produce power for commercial sales to assist repayment of the division costs. |
| Plant History: | The Green Springs Powerplant was placed in service in 1960 and has helped meet expanding power demands in southern Oregon and northern California. Revenues have contributed significantly to the repayment of construction costs of the Talent Division. The generator was rewound and the switchyard rehabilitated in 1993. |
| Present Activities: | Normal operations |
| Future Planned Activities: | Generator Field Poles will be rebuilt in Spring 2004. Unit Transformer replacement and Switchyard Mods. will be done in Fall 2005. |
| Special Issues: | None. |
| River: | Trans Mountain Diversion |
| Plant Type: | Conventional |
| Powerhouse Type: | Above Ground |
| Turbine Type: | Impulse |
| Original Nameplate Capacity: | 16,000 kW |
| Installed Capacity: | 17,290 kW |
| Year of Initial Operation: | 1960 |
| Age: | 45 years |
| Net Generation: (FY 2005) |
54,822,500 kWh |
| Rated head: | 1,800 feet |
| Plant Factor: (FY 2005) |
36.35 percent |
| Remotely Operated: | Partially |
| Production Mode: | Intermediate |
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