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The Mother Ann Lee Hydroelectric Station is a 2,040 Kilowatt
run-of-river hydropower plant located at Lock and Dam 7 on the Kentucky
River near Harrodsburg, KY. The plant was built in 1927 and includes 3
turbine-generators. The plant was operated until 1999 by Kentucky
Utilities Co., when problems with the generating units left all three
inoperable. In December 2005, Lock 7 Hydro Partners, LLC purchased the
plant from KU, and began renovating the plant in March 2006.
The Mother Ann Lee plant is operated under Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) license No. 539. The project in one of only a few
dozen hydropower plants nationally to have received “Low
Impact” certification from the Low Impact Hydro Institute.
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