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Rawdon

Business Segment:
Hydroelectric

Location:
On the Ouareau River, 1 km from the Village of Rawdon, Québec

Installed Capacity:
2,500 kilowatts

The Rawdon facility is a 2,500 kilowatt hydroelectric generating facility located on the Ouareau River approximately one kilometre from the Village of Rawdon, Québec and approximately 70 kilometres north of Montréal. The facility consists of an existing dam (which was rehabilitated and reconditioned in 1986 by Hydro-Québec), intake, spillway, penstock, powerhouse and tailrace structure and has been designed as a run-of-the-river facility.

The term of the power purchase agreement is 20 years from the commercial start-up date, which will expire in 2014. The agreement may be renewed at the option of the generator for a period not exceeding the original term upon mutually acceptable terms.

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