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Overview of FirstEnergy Pumped Hydro Seneca & Yards Creek Stations

Asia-Pacific Partnership. on. Clean Development and Climate. Overview of FirstEnergy Pumped Hydro Seneca & Yards Creek Stations. Asia Pacific Partnership United States of America Power Generation Task Force August 13 – 17, 2007. William Harker.

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Overview of FirstEnergy Pumped Hydro Seneca & Yards Creek Stations

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  1. Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate Overview of FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations Asia Pacific PartnershipUnited States of AmericaPower Generation Task ForceAugust 13 – 17, 2007 William Harker

  2. FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations August 16, 2007

  3. $13 billion in annual revenues andmore than $31 billion in assets • 4.5 million customers • 20 generating plants • 128,000 transmission & distribution miles • Approx. 13,100 employees in electric utility operations FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 3

  4. Ohio Edison Illuminating Company Toledo Edison Met-Ed Penelec Pennsylvania Power Jersey Central Power & Light FirstEnergy System Ashtabula244 MW Perry1,258 MW Seneca443 MW Eastlake1,262 MW Sumpter (Michigan) 340 MW Bay Shore648 MW Stryker 18 MW Erie Lake Shore249 MW Towanda Yards Creek200 MW Toledo Cleveland Edgewater48 MW New Castle Akron Davis-Besse898 MW Pennsylvania Richland 432 MW Morristown Newark West Lorain545 MW Johnstown Reading Harrisburg Allenhurst Trenton W. H. Sammis2,233 MW NewJersey Columbus Beaver Valley1,722 MW Bruce Mansfield2,460 MW York Haven19 MW R. E. Burger413 MW Mad River60 MW Ohio Forked River86 MW FE operates a portfolio of diversified, generation assets used to manage risk and meet retail pricing expectations. FirstEnergy Power Plants CCoal G Gas H Hydro N Nuclear O Oil FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 4

  5. Seneca, Yards Creek FirstEnergy’s Hydro Generation Portfolio Seneca 443 MW - Warren, PA Yards Creek 400 MW Blairstown, NJ FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 5

  6. Generation Portfolio & Hydro Capacity Coal7,439 MW Nuclear 3,878 MW 28% 52% 11% 5% 4% Gas/Oil 1,599 MW * Other – owned capacity operated by the Ohio Valley Electric Corp. and a long-term contract with third-party wind power supplier Hydro662 MW Other*493 MW FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 6

  7. Role of the Plant/Department • Hydros • Provide energy, regulation and spinning reserve during on-peak hours • Provide an energy sink off-peak (11P.M. -7 A.M.) to allow fossil and nuclear plants to remain more fully loaded FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 7

  8. Seneca History • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) license (Project #2280) issued in 1965; expires in 2015 • Construction started 1966 • Went commercial in 1970 • Original construction cost: $61M • Upper Reservoir side slopes repaved in 2000 • Generator Rewind on Unit 2 in 1981 andUnit 1 in 1985 • Runners replaced on Unit 1 in 1992 andUnit 2 in 1991 FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 8

  9. Unique Aspects • Significant Interface with: • United State Army Corps of Engineers • United States Forest Service • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission • Pennsylvania Fish & Game Commission • Fishing access to Corps parking lotclosed as of 9/11 • Visitor Center responsibility FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 9

  10. Seneca’s Scale • Upper Reservoir holds to 2+ billion gallons of water – equivalent to 6600 acre-feet • Water is conveyed between plant & Upper Reservoir via a 21' diameter pipe • At full station load, approx.3.4 million gpm of wateris released (7500 cfs) FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 10

  11. Seneca – View of Upper Reservoir 1/2 mi. dia. 60 ft deep 800 ft above plant asphalt lined FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 11

  12. Seneca – View of Plant & Lower Reservoir FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 12

  13. Kinzua Dam FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 13

  14. Yards Creek History • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) license (Project #2309) issued in 1963, expires in 2013 • Construction commenced in 1963 • Went commercial in 1965 • 50/50 partner with PSE&G • Original construction cost: $15M (50% share) • New runners installed on Unit 2 in 1993,Unit 1 in 1995 & Unit 3 in 1996 • Generators rewound onUnits 1& 3 in 1996, Unit 2 in 1997 FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 14

  15. Unique Aspects • Significant Interface with: • Boy Scouts of America • United States Forest Service • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission • New Jersey Fish & Game Commission • New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection • Recreational requirements fromFERC license, closed as of 9/11 • Visitor Center responsibility FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 15

  16. Yards Creek’s Scale • Upper Reservoir holds 1.6 billion gallons of water, equivalent to 4763 acre-feet • Water is conveyed between plant & Upper Reservoir via an 18’ diameter 1,800’ long exposed steel pipe • At full station load, approx.4 million gpm of wateris released (9000 cfs) FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 16

  17. Yards Creek – View of Plant & Lower Reservoir FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 17

  18. Seneca – Yards Creek Comparison FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 18

  19. Merrill Creek Reservoir • Merrill Creek • It is a 15.6 Billion gallon reservoir located in Washington, NJ. • Its purpose is to replenish water in the Delaware River when river flows go below 3,000 CFS in times of drought. • The reservoir is owned by the Merrill Creek Owners group. • FE owns16.74% ( JCP&L 8.37%, MetEd 8.37%). • The Yard’s Creek station manager is the FE representative. FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 19

  20. Merrill Creek Reservoir Merrill Creek ReservoirNew Jersey FirstEnergy Pumped HydroSeneca & Yards Creek Stations 20

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