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Canal Commission Slams Power Plant
Seneca Lake, give or take 445 feet above sea level, rises and falls with the rains and with the seasons but also, with the work of human hands. How much of the lake level is human responsibility, however, seems continually in dispute, as at least one human group the Seneca Falls Power Plant is charged with keeping the lake levels steady. Another group,replica magic alhambra necklace, this one of private citizens, Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association, doesn't much like the job the power plant is doing, and state on their website that the power plant is managing lake levels for profit, rather than the public good.
A recent letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by the NYS Canal Commission appears to support this accusation.
During the summer navigation season, the lake's target level is 446 feet BCD (Barge Canal Datum) and in the winter,replica cartier clover necklace, 445 feet BCD. In a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission dated July 27, 2015,replica vca alhambra necklace, the New York State Canal Commission criticized Seneca Falls Power Corporation for "mischaracterization of reality" and "inaccurate information" in the power plant's operations and monitoring plan. The power plant has run afoul of the feds at least twice in the past, for failure to carry out the terms of its contract. In 2009 the federal agency found the plant in violation of multiple provisions of its license; in October 2014 FERC issued an order amending the plant's license to add stricter reporting requirements "given the plant's long history of non compliance."
Seneca Falls Power Corporation operates two hydroelectric plants, one at Waterloo and one at Seneca Falls. According to the NYSCC letter, signed by Howard Goebel, P. E., P. H., and former head of the NYSCC, "The regulation of Seneca Lake water levels is the sole responsibility of SFPC through SFPC's operation of the Waterloo and Seneca Falls hydroelectric generation facilities."
Each hydroelectric plant operates next to a lock, which lets boats navigate the canal system by raising and lowering the water levels. Seneca Lake, which is higher than Cayuga Lake, flows downhill to the lock and hydroelectric plant in Waterloo; the water flows from there to the lock and hydroelectric plant in Seneca Falls, and from there to Cayuga Lake, but Cayuga Lake waters join the Seneca River in the north end of the lake, then flow north through the Mudlock, toward Lake Ontario.
"I think the problem with the lake levels is that high waters cause erosion and lake shore damage," said Mary Anne Kowalski, of Seneca Lake Pure Waters.
Goebel's letter takes issue with the role of the canal commission in overseeing the hydroelectric plants, and disputes the plant's claims that they receive direction from the NYSCC on how and when to manage the lake levels. The letter also questions a claim by SFPC, that it is a member of the Oswego River Basin Lake Managers Group. In its project plan submitted to FERC, the power plant's mangers write: "As a member of the Oswego River Basin Lake Managers Group, SFPC frequently consults with the NYSCC in order to obtain information on surrounding hydrological conditions, the proposed timing of NYSCC's water allocation use at the project site, and its desires"
Not so, says Goebel: "The Oswego River Basin Lake Managers Group used in this and may other instances in the plan, does not exist. Further, the NYSCC does not provide input to SFPC that would influence SFPC's operation of the Waterloo and Seneca Falls projects."
SFPCCEO Scott Goodwin claims there's a lot more to lake levels than the power plant: the locks open and close for boat traffic during the summer, which plays havoc with water levels,replica van cleef and arpels white gold alhambra necklace, and further, says Goodwin, the plants shut down in the summer so they can't be affecting the lake levels then. As for how the power plant affects the lake levels, Goodwin said that opening and closing the locks on demand has more of an effect: "The first priority water right is for navigational locking. The second priority water right is for power generation."
Goodwin said, in a letter addressed to the press: "A single lock cycle at Seneca Falls consumes approximately 5 million gallons of water. A lock cycle at Waterloo consumes about 1,650,000 gallons of water. Whenever Van Cleef lake water levels start to fall and move lower, the hydroelectric project opens the flows up to refill Van Cleef Lake (the sunken lake in Seneca Falls). The only place to take this needed water from is Seneca Lake. The irony of this matter is that the parties complaining of low water levels on Seneca Lake are the very boaters whose use of the navigational locks causes this problem."
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Seneca Lake, give or take 445 feet above sea level, rises and falls with the rains and with the seasons but also, with the work of human hands. How much of the lake level is human responsibility, however, seems continually in dispute, as at least one human group the Seneca Falls Power Plant is charged with keeping the lake levels steady. Another group,replica magic alhambra necklace, this one of private citizens, Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association, doesn't much like the job the power plant is doing, and state on their website that the power plant is managing lake levels for profit, rather than the public good.
A recent letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by the NYS Canal Commission appears to support this accusation.
During the summer navigation season, the lake's target level is 446 feet BCD (Barge Canal Datum) and in the winter,replica cartier clover necklace, 445 feet BCD. In a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission dated July 27, 2015,replica vca alhambra necklace, the New York State Canal Commission criticized Seneca Falls Power Corporation for "mischaracterization of reality" and "inaccurate information" in the power plant's operations and monitoring plan. The power plant has run afoul of the feds at least twice in the past, for failure to carry out the terms of its contract. In 2009 the federal agency found the plant in violation of multiple provisions of its license; in October 2014 FERC issued an order amending the plant's license to add stricter reporting requirements "given the plant's long history of non compliance."
Seneca Falls Power Corporation operates two hydroelectric plants, one at Waterloo and one at Seneca Falls. According to the NYSCC letter, signed by Howard Goebel, P. E., P. H., and former head of the NYSCC, "The regulation of Seneca Lake water levels is the sole responsibility of SFPC through SFPC's operation of the Waterloo and Seneca Falls hydroelectric generation facilities."
Each hydroelectric plant operates next to a lock, which lets boats navigate the canal system by raising and lowering the water levels. Seneca Lake, which is higher than Cayuga Lake, flows downhill to the lock and hydroelectric plant in Waterloo; the water flows from there to the lock and hydroelectric plant in Seneca Falls, and from there to Cayuga Lake, but Cayuga Lake waters join the Seneca River in the north end of the lake, then flow north through the Mudlock, toward Lake Ontario.
"I think the problem with the lake levels is that high waters cause erosion and lake shore damage," said Mary Anne Kowalski, of Seneca Lake Pure Waters.
Goebel's letter takes issue with the role of the canal commission in overseeing the hydroelectric plants, and disputes the plant's claims that they receive direction from the NYSCC on how and when to manage the lake levels. The letter also questions a claim by SFPC, that it is a member of the Oswego River Basin Lake Managers Group. In its project plan submitted to FERC, the power plant's mangers write: "As a member of the Oswego River Basin Lake Managers Group, SFPC frequently consults with the NYSCC in order to obtain information on surrounding hydrological conditions, the proposed timing of NYSCC's water allocation use at the project site, and its desires"
Not so, says Goebel: "The Oswego River Basin Lake Managers Group used in this and may other instances in the plan, does not exist. Further, the NYSCC does not provide input to SFPC that would influence SFPC's operation of the Waterloo and Seneca Falls projects."
SFPCCEO Scott Goodwin claims there's a lot more to lake levels than the power plant: the locks open and close for boat traffic during the summer, which plays havoc with water levels,replica van cleef and arpels white gold alhambra necklace, and further, says Goodwin, the plants shut down in the summer so they can't be affecting the lake levels then. As for how the power plant affects the lake levels, Goodwin said that opening and closing the locks on demand has more of an effect: "The first priority water right is for navigational locking. The second priority water right is for power generation."
Goodwin said, in a letter addressed to the press: "A single lock cycle at Seneca Falls consumes approximately 5 million gallons of water. A lock cycle at Waterloo consumes about 1,650,000 gallons of water. Whenever Van Cleef lake water levels start to fall and move lower, the hydroelectric project opens the flows up to refill Van Cleef Lake (the sunken lake in Seneca Falls). The only place to take this needed water from is Seneca Lake. The irony of this matter is that the parties complaining of low water levels on Seneca Lake are the very boaters whose use of the navigational locks causes this problem."
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