Mount Elbert Powerplant

GENERAL
Mt. Elbert conduit is out of service.

Sugarloaf Dam
Monday, January 27, 2025 @ 0800 Hrs.
Decrease the release from Twin Lakes from 150 cfs to 110 cfs.

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 @ 0800 Hrs.
Decrease the release from Twin Lakes from 110 cfs to 75 cfs.

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 @ 0800 Hrs.
Decrease the release from Twin Lakes from 75 cfs to 45 cfs.

Thursday, January 30, 2025 @ 0800 Hrs.
Decrease the release from Twin Lakes from 45 cfs to 15 cfs.

Maintain until further notice.

Mount Elbert Powerplant

GENERAL
Mt Elbert Generating Units will both be down for maintenance.

Sugarloaf Dam
Monday, January 13, 2025 @ 0800 Hrs.
Stop releases to the Mt Elbert conduit from Sugarloaf Powerplant. Continue minimum bypass flows.

Maintain until further notice.

Mount Elbert Powerplant

GENERAL
The installation of the stoplogs for MTE Unit 2 is complete and the conduit from Sugarloaf Dam to Mt. Elbert Forebay is ready to run water again. The current plan is to run the conduit at full capacity (~375 cfs) until we fill the forebay back up to the minimum pumping elevation of 9630 ft. The fish hatchery will continue to run 15 cfs so the water available for the powerplant will be less.

Sugarloaf Dam
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 @ 1400 Hrs.
Start releases to the Mt Elbert conduit from Sugarloaf Dam, run the conduit at full capacity.

Maintain until further notice.

Mount Elbert Powerplant

GENERAL 
The conduit from Sugarloaf Dam to Mt. Elbert Forebay will be closed for an outage from 11/26/2024 at 0800 hrs until 12/3/2024 at 1700 hrs. This outage is for installation of stop logs in MTE Unit 2 for repair work. 

Sugarloaf Dam 
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 @ 0800 Hrs. Stop releases to the Mt Elbert conduit from Sugarloaf Dam. 

Maintain until further notice.

Mount Elbert Powerplant

GENERAL
We will begin the winter water program operations on November 15, 2024. We will increase the release from Twin Lakes for winter operations. CSU will not store their 3 cfs right in Turquoise.

Sugarloaf Dam
Friday, November 15, 2024 at 00:00 Hrs.
Continue the 3 cfs native release to Lake Fork Creek.

Twin Lakes Dam
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 09:00 Hrs.
Increase the release from Twin Lakes by 40 cfs of project water.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 09:00 Hrs.
Increase the release from Twin Lakes by 45 cfs of project water.

Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 09:00 Hrs.
Increase the release from Twin Lakes by 45 cfs of project water.

Friday, November 15, 2024 at 00:00 Hrs.
Convert the 15 cfs native release to project.

Store all native inflows to Twin Lakes for Twin Lakes Canal Company.

Maintain these flows until further notice.