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Generator Cooling Contract Awarded at Grand Coulee Dam

Media Contact: Craig Sprankle, (509) 633-9503, csprankle@pn.usbr.gov
John Redding, jredding@pn.usbr.gov

For Release: March 12, 2007

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a contract for nearly $4 million to replace coolers on 18 hydroelectric generators at Grand Coulee Dam in north central Washington State.

Enerfin, Inc., of Quebec, Canada, was awarded the contract and will manufacture and deliver the coolers over the next seven years.

"This work will help ensure that Grand Coulee Dam remains a reliable source for the generation of hydroelectric power in the Pacific Northwest," said Reclamation Commissioner Bob Johnson.

The coolers are designed to remove heat from the air circulated inside the generators. They will be installed on the 18 125-megawatt generators in Grand Coulee's Right and Left Power Plants.

Grand Coulee Dam was completed in 1942 and serves as a multipurpose facility providing water for irrigation, recreation, fish and wildlife, hydroelectric power production, and also flood control.

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