The Dixon Glacier diversion into Bradley Lake
The Alaska Energy Authority has asked FERC to amend the licence for the Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project, the largest in Alaska, so it can build a new dam diverting meltwater and surface runoff from the Dixon Glacier into Bradley Lake, raise the lake's normal maximum operating pool by about 16 feet, and install a 0.3 megawatt micro-hydro turbine in one of the dam's fishwater release valves. The application projects about 38 percent more average annual generation while installed capacity rises from 119.7 to 120.0 megawatts, because the gain comes from water rather than from turbines. AEA estimates construction at about $400 million and about three years of study and permitting followed by three years of construction. FERC accepting the application for filing is a procedural step and not an approval.
How the public reaches this
Anyone may file a comment, a motion to intervene or a protest with FERC in docket P-8221-124 until 5:00 p.m. Eastern on August 28, which is 1:00 p.m. Alaska time. FERC's eFiling system takes filings online and the notice also gives a mailing address.
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2026-08-04 Tracked. FERC accepted the amendment application for filing and opened a comment window closing 5:00 p.m. Eastern on August 28. The project details, the capacity figures and the 38 percent generation projection were read from the Federal Register notice. The cost estimate, the schedule and the siting 27 miles northeast of Homer come from AEA's own project page. Bradley Lake supplies about 10 percent of the power Railbelt utilities use each year.
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