{"id":2027617,"date":"2019-02-28T13:14:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T19:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csengineermaga.wpengine.com\/?p=2027617"},"modified":"2019-02-28T13:14:02","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T19:14:02","slug":"reclamation-modernizes-the-nations-largest-hydropower-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/reclamation-modernizes-the-nations-largest-hydropower-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Reclamation modernizes the nation\u2019s largest hydropower facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Coulee, Wash. \u2014 The Bureau of Reclamation issued the final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for modernizing three generators in the Third Power Plant at Grand Coulee Dam. The project is being undertaken to replace generating units G-19 through G-21 that have been in service for 30-years and have surpassed their life expectancy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis modernization project in the Third Power Plant will result in higher efficiency and reliability, ensuring another 40 years of service and enabling Reclamation to meet its contractual obligations for power generation,\u201d said Grand Coulee\u2019s Deputy Power Manager Doug Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>In this EA, the Proposed Action and No Action alternative for any potential environmental impacts were analyzed. The Proposed Action \u2014 Third Power Plant Units G19 through G21 modernization with potential for full replacement of major unit systems \u2014 was selected. The Proposed Action includes a design-build option for the contractor to provide up to a full component replacement of each generating unit if necessary. Construction work is expected to begin as early as 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bureau of Reclamation issued the final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for modernizing three generators in the Third Power Plant at Grand Coulee Dam. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4085,"featured_media":2027618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1840,1854,2836],"tags":[569,4837,4836,9866,392],"acf":[],"views":8,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Grand-Coulee-Dam-749.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4085"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}