Rochester Gas & Electric restarts Station 5 hydro project after $111 million modernization
12/29/2012 "The tunnel was refilled for the first time in mid-December, and the first turbine was repowered two days later. All three turbines are expected to be in use by early 2013, with a formal recommissioning ceremony planned for spring 2013."
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Tetra Tech - Rochester Hydroelectric Tunnel Rebuild
2011: "Tetra Tech will reconstruct a water conveyance tunnel at RG&E's Station 5 in Rochester, NY, a 45 megawatt (MW) run-of-river facility that, in its current configuration, began electrical production in 1917."
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RG&E Hydro Station 5 - Rochester, NY
5/8/2007 photo
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