Dickson Dam is a flow-regulation dam constructed in 1983 which impounded the Red Deer River creating a reservoir known as Gleniffer Lake . The dam is 20 km (12 mi) west of the town of Innisfail and 50 km (31 mi) southwest of the city of Red Deer . The dam was created to control for floods and low winter flows, to improve quality of the river, to create a recreational resource and to provide a reliable, year-round water supply sufficient for future industrial, regional and municipal growth.
6-497: All water control structures at the site, including the dam, intake, headgates, and spillway, are owned by the Province of Alberta and administered by Alberta Environment and Water. Algonquin Power owns a small hydropower station that was added to the dam. It consists of three 5 MW Barber turbines with Ideal Generators. Commercial operations began on January 16, 1992. Water management of
12-468: A transaction valued at $ 2.8 billion (US). The purchase is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022, pending regulatory approval. On April 17, 2023, the sale was terminated. The sale drew criticism from the Kentucky Attorney General and Kentucky lawmakers. In May 2022, Kentucky's Public Service Commission approved the sale, but only with modifications made to the sale. In December 2022,
18-948: A trout pond. Northern pike , walleye , mountain whitefish , and brown trout are also found nearby. This article about a building or structure in Alberta is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a dam or floodgate is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Algonquin Power Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a Canadian renewable energy and regulated utility conglomerate with assets across North America. Algonquin actively invests in hydroelectric , wind and solar power facilities, and utility businesses (water, natural gas, electricity), through its three operating subsidiaries: Bermuda Electric Light Company , Liberty Power and Liberty Utilities . Algonquin Power Income Fund
24-537: The preferential tax treatment of income trusts , Algonquin Power Income Fund was converted to a corporation in October 2009. Unit-holders exchanged their trust units on a one-for-one basis for shares in the new corporate entity, Algonquin Power & Utilities. Liberty Utilities operates in the following locations: On October 26, 2021 Liberty Utilities agreed to acquire the Kentucky operations of American Electric Power in
30-891: The reservoir is directed by the provincial Ministry of Environment and Water. Under the Dickson Power Purchase Agreement signed in 1990, all electrical power generated by the facility was sold to TransAlta Utilities Corporation. The 20-year contract expired on January 16, 2012. Low reservoir water levels were a concern in 2010. In the summer of 2009, Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation consolidated six provincial recreation areas (PRAs) at Dickson Dam and around Gleniffer Lake (Dickson Dam–Cottonwood PRA, Dickson Dam–Dickson Point PRA, Dickson Dam–North Dyke PRA, Dickson Dam–South Dyke PRA, Dickson Dam–North Valley PRA, Dickson Dam–South Valley PRA) into one PRA renamed Gleniffer Reservoir PRA . Motorboating, waterskiing, swimming, and sailboarding are allowed. There are rainbow trout in
36-701: Was established in September 1997 and first listed its trust units on the Toronto Stock Exchange on December 23, 1997. Having raised nearly $ 75 M, Algonquin used $ 27.5 M to purchase 14 hydroelectric generation facilities located in Ontario , Québec , New York and New Hampshire . Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. was added to the TSX 60 Index on June 22, 2020. In response to the Government of Canada 's decision to end
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