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<blockquote data-quote="ttown" data-source="post: 3817196" data-attributes="member: 2114"><p>There should be a simple table of power being generated year to year but it’s not on the web or burried IMO. Looks like it’s down 33%.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hoover-dam-power-production-down-33-official-says/ar-AAXLLD6[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There are 17 turbines — nine fed by the two towers on the Arizona side and eight fed by the Nevada towers. The technology and the design of the turbines has improved over the years. All the original turbines were replaced between 1986 and 1993.</p><p></p><p>And recent design improvements have been put in place as five turbines were rebuilt over the past decade, Hendrix said. The rebuilt “wide-head” turbines operate more efficiently and have a higher tolerance as hydraulic force drops.</p><p></p><p>Hendrix said the dam can continue normal power production until Lake Mead drops to 950 feet — about 100 feet lower that its current level. And even then, the dam can still generate power, but the turbines that have not been upgraded will be operating in the “rough” zone.</p><p></p><p>Power production and water supply are two different ballgames. While Las Vegas residents have watched nervously as Lake Mead’s level has dropped, the effect on power production has been invisible to some degree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ttown, post: 3817196, member: 2114"] There should be a simple table of power being generated year to year but it’s not on the web or burried IMO. Looks like it’s down 33%. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hoover-dam-power-production-down-33-official-says/ar-AAXLLD6[/URL] There are 17 turbines — nine fed by the two towers on the Arizona side and eight fed by the Nevada towers. The technology and the design of the turbines has improved over the years. All the original turbines were replaced between 1986 and 1993. And recent design improvements have been put in place as five turbines were rebuilt over the past decade, Hendrix said. The rebuilt “wide-head” turbines operate more efficiently and have a higher tolerance as hydraulic force drops. Hendrix said the dam can continue normal power production until Lake Mead drops to 950 feet — about 100 feet lower that its current level. And even then, the dam can still generate power, but the turbines that have not been upgraded will be operating in the “rough” zone. Power production and water supply are two different ballgames. While Las Vegas residents have watched nervously as Lake Mead’s level has dropped, the effect on power production has been invisible to some degree. [/QUOTE]
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