Grant Lake is a licensed lake tap project on the Kenai Peninsula which is scheduled to be constructed in the next few years.
Grant Lake which, if developed for hydropower, would have a small intake tower, but no dam.
Project Name: Grant Lake
FERC Project Number: P-13212
Water Body: Grant Creek
Region: Southcentral
Type of Project: Lake Tap
Status: Preliminary Permit
Primary User: Homer, Railgrid
Operating Utility: Homer Electric Association Inc, Kenai Hydro LLC
Preliminary Permit Expiration Date: Project proceeding without permit
Licensing Process: Traditional
Nameplate Power Capacity (MW): 5
Annual Estimate Generation (GWH): 18.6
Surface Area of Impoundment (acres): 1,703
Project Details: 10'-high, 120'-long concrete dam; 18,700 cf active storage
NOAA Fisheries Trust Resources: Sockeye, Chinook, and coho salmon
NOAA Fisheries Area of Interest: Memorandum of Understanding in place for annual report review. Includes possible mitigation of spawning gravel, monitoring of adult spawners, and juvenile production and temperature. Secured a bypass flow for mitigation, and flushing flows for spawning gravel recruitment.
Veteran intern Antonio Jones at an oyster farm in Drayton Harbor, Washington, checking traps for European Invasive Green Crab. Credit: Northwest Straits Commission
Sustainably grown, organic Alaskan kelp is harvested at the Seagrove Kelp Co. farm in Doyle Bay. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jordan Hollarsmith
