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Asia Pacific PartnershipUnited States of AmericaPower Generation Task ForceAugust 13 – 17, 2007

Overview of FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations

William Harker

FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations

August 16, 2007

Asia Pacific Partnership • Aug 13 - 17, 2007FirstEnergy Corp. & Duke Energy Corporation


» $13 billion in annual revenues andmore than $31 billion in assets

» 4.5 million customers

» 20 generating plants

» 128,000 transmission & distribution miles

» Approx. 13,100 employees in electric utility operations

» $13 billion in annual revenues andmore than $31 billion in assets

» 4.5 million customers

» 20 generating plants

» 128,000 transmission & distribution miles

» Approx. 13,100 employees in electric utility operations

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Akron

Toledo

Reading

Beaver Valley1,722 MW

Davis-Besse898 MW

Perry1,258 MW

R. E. Burger413 MW

W. H. Sammis2,233 MW

Bruce Mansfield2,460 MW

Eastlake1,262 MW

Ashtabula244 MW

Seneca443 MW

Edgewater48 MW

Richland432 MW

Stryker18 MW

Yards Creek200 MW

York Haven19 MW

Forked River86 MW

Mad River60 MW

West Lorain545 MW

Lake Shore249 MW

Sumpter (Michigan)

340 MWErie

Ohio

Pennsylvania

NewJersey

Harrisburg

MorristownNewark

Allenhurst

Trenton

Bay Shore648 MW

Columbus

New Castle

Cleveland

Johnstown

Towanda

FirstEnergy Power Plants

C CoalG GasH HydroN NuclearO Oil

FirstEnergy System

Ohio Edison

Illuminating Company

Toledo Edison

Met-Ed

Penelec

Pennsylvania Power

Jersey Central Power & Light

FE operates a portfolio of diversified, generation assets used to manage risk and meet retail pricing expectations.

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Seneca, Yards Creek

Seneca443 MW - Warren, PA

Seneca443 MW - Warren, PA

Yards Creek400 MW

Blairstown, NJ

Yards Creek400 MW

Blairstown, NJ


FirstEnergy’s Hydro Generation PortfolioFirstEnergy’s Hydro Generation Portfolio

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Generation Portfolio & Hydro Capacity


Hydro's Number of Units NDC Fuel Type Comments

Seneca 3 443 Pumped Storage

Yard's Creek 3 200 Pumped Storage400 MW Plant total - 50% owned by PSE&G

York Haven 20 19 Run of River 20 Units - 1MW Each

Total Hydro's 26 662

Coal7,439 MW

Hydro662 MW

Gas/Oil1,599 MW

Nuclear3,878 MW

52%52%28%28%

11%11%5%5%

Other*493 MW

4%4%

* Other – owned capacity operated by the Ohio Valley Electric Corp. and a long-term contract with third-party wind power supplier

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Role of the Plant/Department

Hydros– Provide energy, regulation and spinning reserve during on-

peak hours– Provide an energy sink off-peak (11P.M. -7 A.M.) to allow

fossil and nuclear plants to remain more fully loaded



Seneca History

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) license (Project #2280) issued in 1965; expires in 2015

Construction started 1966

Went commercial in 1970

Original construction cost: $61M

Upper Reservoir side slopes repaved in 2000

Generator Rewind on Unit 2 in 1981 andUnit 1 in 1985

Runners replaced on Unit 1 in 1992 andUnit 2 in 1991



Unique Aspects

Significant Interface with:– United State Army Corps of Engineers– United States Forest Service– Federal Energy Regulatory Commission– Pennsylvania Fish & Game Commission

Fishing access to Corps parking lotclosed as of 9/11

Visitor Center responsibility



Seneca’s Scale

Upper Reservoir holds to 2+ billion gallons of water – equivalent to 6600 acre-feet

Water is conveyed between plant & Upper Reservoir via a 21' diameter pipe

At full station load, approx.3.4 million gpm of wateris released (7500 cfs)



Seneca – View of Upper ReservoirSeneca – View of Upper Reservoir


1/2 mi. dia.60 ft deep

800 ft above plantasphalt lined

1/2 mi. dia.60 ft deep

800 ft above plantasphalt lined

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Seneca – View of Plant & Lower ReservoirSeneca – View of Plant & Lower Reservoir



Kinzua DamKinzua Dam



Yards Creek History Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) license

(Project #2309) issued in 1963, expires in 2013

Construction commenced in 1963

Went commercial in 1965

50/50 partner with PSE&G

Original construction cost: $15M (50% share)

New runners installed on Unit 2 in 1993,Unit 1 in 1995 & Unit 3 in 1996

Generators rewound onUnits 1& 3 in 1996, Unit 2 in 1997



Unique Aspects

Significant Interface with:– Boy Scouts of America– United States Forest Service– Federal Energy Regulatory Commission– New Jersey Fish & Game Commission– New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection

Recreational requirements fromFERC license, closed as of 9/11

Visitor Center responsibility



Yards Creek’s Scale

Upper Reservoir holds 1.6 billion gallons of water, equivalent to 4763 acre-feet

Water is conveyed between plant & Upper Reservoir via an 18’ diameter 1,800’ long exposed steel pipe

At full station load, approx.4 million gpm of wateris released (9000 cfs)



Yards Creek – View of Plant & Lower ReservoirYards Creek – View of Plant & Lower Reservoir



Seneca – Yards Creek Comparison


Seneca Yards Creek

Upper Reservoir – manmade, asphalt lined, earth filled, clay core dike

Upper Reservoir – manmade, underlying rock structure, rock filled, clay core using existing terrain

Lower Reservoir – Impounded Allegheny River

Lower Reservoir – captive supply

100% owned 50/50 ownership with PSE&G

Staffed with Operators 24/7 Operated remotely from Reading

Operating Head – 800’ Operating Head – 750’

Penstock – embedded in mountain Penstock – exposed

On government land On private land

FERC Fees $1.4M annually FERC Fees $.7M annually

Relicensing: $7.3M Capital budget Relicensing: $3.6M Capital budget

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Merrill Creek Reservoir

Merrill Creek– It is a 15.6 Billion gallon reservoir located in Washington, NJ.– Its purpose is to replenish water in the Delaware River when

river flows go below 3,000 CFS in times of drought. – The reservoir is owned by the Merrill Creek Owners group. – FE owns16.74% ( JCP&L 8.37%, MetEd 8.37%). – The Yard’s Creek station manager is the FE representative.



Merrill Creek ReservoirMerrill Creek Reservoir


Merrill Creek ReservoirNew Jersey

Merrill Creek ReservoirNew Jersey

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