Licensee Energy Northwest awarded a contract to NAES Power Contractors to build a concrete containment structure to house rotating drum fish screens at the 26.125-MW Packwood Lake hydroelectric project.
Site work is to begin in early October and should be completed that same month, North American Energy Services Co., the contractor’s parent company, said. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is manufacturing the new fish screens for installation in the project tailrace.
Packwood Lake (No. 2244) is on Lake Creek in Lewis County, Wash. The project began commercial operation in 1964. Its average annual generation totals 94 gigawatt-hours.
NAES Power Contractors provides inspection, maintenance, repair, and construction services. NAES, of Issaquah, Wash., is owned by ITOCHU International Inc., the U.S. affiliate of ITOCHU Corp.
