Pre-Conference Technical Tour
Avista’s Long Lake Project
Tuesday, July 28, 8:00 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
Registration: US$55
This unique project, owned and operated by Avista Corporation, is featured on the National Register of Historic Places in recognition of its landmark architecture and engineering. When construction was completed in 1915, the dam was billed as the “world’s highest spillway dam” and its turbines were the largest.
Today, the 71-MW project features a combination of new and old equipment and is a part of Avista’s Spokane River Project. A 213-foot-high, 593-foot-long dam forms a 24-mile-long reservoir, which provides numerous fishing, boating, and other recreational opportunities.
Participants will tour the Long Lake hydroelectric development in the morning and return to the Spokane Convention Center for a luncheon presentation on the History of the Avista Corporation.
Pre-Conference Technical Tour
Grand Coulee Dam- SOLD OUT!
Monday, July 27, 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Registration: US$85
Owned and operated by the Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior, the 6,800-MW Grand Coulee Dam is the largest hydroelectric facility in North America.
A 550-foot-high, 5,223-foot-long concrete gravity dam forms the 82,300-acre Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, with 600 miles of shoreline. The Pump Generator Plant lifts water 280 feet from this lake to Banks Lake, which irrigates approximately 670,000 acres in the Columbia Basin Project.
This multi-purpose project is the cornerstone for water control on the Columbia River and provides flood control, river regulation, water storage, as well as power generation and recreation.
The tour begins with registration and a continental breakfast at the Spokane Convention Center and includes a catered lunch at the facility.
Post-Conference Technical Tour
Boundary, Box Canyon, Monroe Street and Upper Falls
Friday, July 31 (all day) and Saturday morning, August 1
Registration: US$225
Includes bus transportation; continental breakfast, lunch and snacks on Friday.
Hotel accomodations not included.
Extend your stay in Spokane to explore four hydro projects in Washington State.
Early Friday morning, board the bus to travel to northeastern Washington State for an all-day visit to two hydro projects:
-- 1,050-MW Boundary Hydroelectric Project, currently going through Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) relicensing. Project owner Seattle City Light spent nearly $90 million on rehabilitation between 1997 and 2006. Plans are in the works to install a maintenance management system using Maximo software.
-- 72-MW Box Canyon Dam, where you’ll view Pend Oreille Public Utility District’s progress on an extensive upgrade that includes rewinding generators, replacing governors, and adding turbine and equipment automation capabilities.
The bus returns to Spokane Friday night. Hotel accommodations on your own.
On Saturday, join Avista Corporation for an informal walking tour of two of the utility’s hydro projects … right in downtown Spokane:
-- 10-MW Upper Falls, in the heart of Spokane’s Riverfront Park and just minutes from the Spokane Convention Center, began operations in 1922 to meet the growing demands of Spokane’s industrial development.
-- 14.8-MW Monroe Street, Avista’s first hydroelectric development … producing power since 1890! At the site of Spokane’s Lower Falls, the plant has been generating electricity longer than any other hydroelectric development currently operating in the state of Washington.
Schedule:
Friday, July 31, bus tour departs from the Spokane Convention Center at 7:30 a.m.; returns to the Convention Center by 8:00 p.m. Includes continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks.
Saturday, August 1, 2-hour walking tour, hosted by Avista Corporation, departs from the Spokane Convention Center at 9:00 a.m.
Participants must pre-register for Technical Tours by June 22, 2009.All participants must provide photo identification information at the time of registration. This can be a photocopy or PDF of an electronic scan. U.S. participants will need to provide a valid driver’s license clearly showing license number and physical address of residence; non-U.S. citizens must provide a passport (readable scan or photocopy).
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