The Skagit River Hydroelectric Project is a series of dams with hydroelectric power-generating stations on the Skagit River in the north of the U.S. state of Washington. The project is owned and operated by Seattle City Light to provide electric power for the …

At the Skagit Project, we adjust flows through the dams on a seasonal, monthly, and daily basis to supply the right amount of water for adult salmon and steelhead when they return to lay their eggs and to protect the young fish when they emerge.

Seattle City Light is in the process of relicensing the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project. The project is a series of three dams that provide 20% of City Light’s power, and it is licensed under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The current license expires in 2025.

Nov 2, 2024 · City Light, the public utility department of the City of Seattle, is going through a complicated, federal relicensing of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project, a series of three dams on the upper Skagit River that generates 20% of its electricity.

Apr 28, 2023 · Seattle City Light has committed to adding fish passage on its three hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River, under terms of a new federal license.

Mar 3, 2003 · Three Seattle City Light dams on the Upper Skagit River in the Cascade Mountains today (2000) produce 25 percent of the electrical power consumed in Seattle. (The dams are located in southeast Whatcom County along a 7 to 8 mile section of Skagit River.

Skagit River Hydroelectric Project Located in Whatcom, Skagit, and Snohomish counties in the upper watershed of the Skagit River in the Cascade Mountains. Boundary Hydroelectric Project

Jun 1, 2009 · At the threshold of the public power era, Seattle City Light developed the Skagit River Project, a three-dam hydropower project on the upper Skagit River. In 1926, City Light built the first Skagit River dam, Gorge Dam.

Gorge Dam is one of three along the upper Skagit River in Whatcom County, Washington, and part of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project that supplies Seattle with some of its power needs. Construction on the original wooden Gorge Dam began in 1921, with its generators formally started by President Calvin Coolidge on September 17, 1924. [1] In 1961, a new Gorge High …

The Skagit River Hydroelectric Project is an integrated, three-dam system that generates about 20 percent of Seattle’s electricity. In managing the dams, City Light also manages the flow of the Skagit River, providing flood risk management for Skagit County communities and …