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<br />. <br /> <br />Hydroelectric Powerplant <br /> <br />Map Code - Blue 2 <br /> <br />Project Name: Green Motmtain Dam and Hydroelectric Powerplant <br /> <br />Company: U . S. Bureau of Reclamation <br />Regional Office, Lower Missouri Region <br />Building 20, Denver Federal Center <br />P.O. Box 25247 <br />Denver, Colorado 80225 <br /> <br />County: Summit County, Colorado <br /> <br />Location: On the Blue River 13 miles southeast of Krernmling <br />T. 2 S., R. 80 W. <br /> <br />Capacity: 21,600 kW - two generating units <br /> <br />Technology: Hydroelectric generation <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Resource Base: <br /> <br />Green ~buntain Reservoir - active storage <br /> <br />. .. <br /> <br />Elevation (ft) <br /> <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />Acre feet <br /> <br />Maximum storage <br />Rated head <br />Minimum power <br />Surface area (full) <br />Reservoir length (full) <br />Dam height <br />Dam crest length <br /> <br />153,600 <br />127 ,000 <br />81,800 <br />2,100 A <br />SMi <br />309 ft <br />1,150 ft <br /> <br />7,800 <br /> <br />Current Status: Dam completed and storage began November 1942. <br /> <br />Comments: The reservoir is used for power development and storage for <br />replacement of water diverted to the South Platt River Basin via <br />the Colorado Big Thompson Project. Water is released to fill <br />decrease during the irrigation season when flow of Colorado River <br />is deficient. <br /> <br />Information Source: 24, 30, & 31 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />24 <br />