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Salmon Creek and Annex Creek Dam

This dam is in Juneau and is the first variable arch concrete dam ever constructed. It affects a short stretch of Salmon Creek.

Terror Lake

Terror Lake hydropower facility provides 80% of the power for the City of Kodiak. In 2019, Kodiak Electric Association started diverting much of Hidden Basin Creek into the Terror Lake reservoir to increase the total energy they could produce each year.

Nuyakuk

Nushagak Cooperative in Dillingham is proposing to divert a portion of water out of the Nuyakuk River and run it through turbines bypassing a half mile long cascade, four miles below Nuyakuk Lake.

Igiugig Hydrokinetic Project

This project generates energy from a 40-foot long foil turning at the bottom of Kvichak River at Igiugig. It has a 10-year pilot license because of its potential impact to anadromous fish and Bristol Bay’s sockeye runs.

Whitman Lake

Whitman Lake is a traditional dam on Whitman Creek near Ketchikan, Alaska.

Thayer Creek

The City of Angoon has been working to get the Thayer Creek run-of-river hydropower facility designed and constructed. ANILCA permits the Kootznoowoo Tlingit tribe to construct a hydropower facility without going through FERC.

Sweetheart Lake

Sweetheart is 20 miles south of Juneau and has a FERC license. Its construction is dependent on funding.

Swan Lake Hydroelectric Facility

Swan Lake is an older dam about 20 miles north of Ketchikan.

Snettisham Hydroelectric Facility

Alaska’s second largest hydropower facility which dams Crater Lake and Long Lake to provide power for Juneau.

Lake Dorothy

This two part facility has a lake tap on Dorthy Lake and a small dam on Bart Lake.