NYPA Begins Maintenance Work at Jarvis Small Hydroelectric Power Plant on Hinckley Reservoir

For Immediate Release: 06/30/21

Contact: Mario Roefaro | (315) 792-8335| mario.roefaro@nypa.gov

Public Advised to Exercise Caution in Work Areas

UTICA—The New York Power Authority announced today that it will begin work on three maintenance projects related at the Gregory B. Jarvis small hydro power plant on the Hinckley Dam in Oneida County. The work will not impact the reservoir’s water levels or recreational activities, but users of the reservoir are advised to use caution around the work sites and the machinery.

The maintenance, related to public safety, involves the restoration of a downstream embankment that suffered storm damage in October 2019, the refurbishment of one of the dam’s water regulating gates, and improvements to bolster the safety and stability of the dam. The maintenance work is expected to continue until early October.

The Jarvis project, which features two turbine-generators, began operating in 1986 and is named in honor of an astronaut from the Mohawk Valley who was killed that year aboard the space shuttle Challenger.

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