AER NY-Gen LLC
Alliance Energy Renewables LLC, a subsidiary of Alliance Energy Inc., acquired a group of three different hydro-electric facilities located along the Mongaup River in New York State. Named AER NY-Gen LLC ,the facilities included the 11.75-MW Swinging Bridge (No. 10482), 4-MW Mongaup (No. 10481), and 10-MW Rio (No. 9690) hydro projects and natural gas-fired plants totaling 95 MW. These facilities required significant rehabilitation and Alliance successfully restored the safety compliance of the dams and the electric production of all three.
Swinging Bridge Project
The Swinging Bridge Project is made up of three separate reservoirs, Toronto, Cliff Lake and Swinging Bridge. Each of these impoundments is specifically designed to serve a unique purpose within the entirety of Mongaup System.
These units (Unit #1 - 5 MW and Unit #2 - 7.5 MW) and their associated powerhouses are immediately adjacent to electrical substations containing the infrastructure necessary to route the output to the electrical grid.
Toronto Reservoir
Cliff Lake Reservoir
Swinging Bridge Reservoir
Mongaup Falls Project
Mongaup Falls Reservoir, located approximately one mile downstream of the Swinging Bridge embankment, provides 1,780 ac-ft of upstream storage capacity to be used as an immediate source of water for hydro-electric power production through four generating units located approximately one-half mile downstream of the embankment.
These generating units (Unit #1, #2, #3, #4 - 1.1 MW each) are all contained in a single powerhouse. This powerhouse is immediately adjacent to an electrical substation containing the infrastructure necessary to route the output to the electrical grid.
Rio Project
Rio Reservoir, located approximately one mile downstream of the Mongaup Falls embankment, provides 3,650 ac-ft of upstream storage capacity to be used as an immediate source of water for hydro-electric power production through two generating units.
The Rio generating units (Unit #1, #2 - 5.5 MW each) are contained in a single powerhouse located one mile downstream of the embankment. This powerhouse is immediately adjacent to an electrical substation containing the infrastructure necessary to route the output to the electrical grid.
