Rochester Gas & Electric restarts Station 5 after modernization

摘要

Rochester Gas & Electric Corp. opened the valves that feed water to the three turbines in its 46-MW Station 5 project in December, signaling the completion of a five-year, $111 million modernization. Station 5, on the Genesee River near Lake Ontario, began operating in 1917. RG&E dewatered the 2,000-foot-long, horseshoe-shaped tunnel in August 2007 to reline it and upgrade other components, including the three turbine-generator units.