October 31, 2008 - City of Hamilton, Ohio files Certification Application for the Greenup Project on the Ohio River

Greenup Hydroelectric Project (FERC # 2614)

Portland, Maine (October 30, 2008) – The Low Impact Hydropower Institute (LIHI) announced today that the City of Hamilton, Ohio, has submitted an application for certification of the Greenup hydroelectric project as a Low Impact facility. The project is located on the Ohio River in Greenup County, Kentucky, and Scioto County, Ohio.

PROJECT SUMMARY

· Facility location: Ohio River in Kentucky and Ohio

· Installed capacity: 70.56 MW

· Average annual generation: 267 gigawatt hours

· Year FERC license issued: March 29, 1976

· Applicant: City of Hamilton, Ohio

· Applicant contact: Michael R. Perry, Director Electric Department

· Date application will be posted to website: October 30, 2008

· Date public comment period on application closes: December 30, 2008

The Greenup Hydroelectric facility is located on the right (east/Ohio) bank of the Ohio River at the Greenup Locks (normal lift 30 feet) and Dam (damming height 35 feet above sills) in Greenup County, Kentucky, and Scioto County, Ohio. The Greenup Locks and Dam are located approximately six miles upstream of Wheelersburg, Ohio, and 5 miles downstream of Greenup, Kentucky.