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29: 65: 72: 233:, has a normal water surface of 149 acres (60 ha) and has a maximum capacity of 6,818 acre-feet (8,410,000 m). Recreation includes fishing, swimming, and camping, however the Upper Bear River Reservoir can only be accessed by foot, and is mostly unused by the public. 389: 107: 317: 432: 427: 447: 260: 347: 285: 219: 28: 226:, the largest private owner of hydroelectric facilities in the United States, making it one of the company's 174 dams. 442: 223: 64: 417: 244: 325: 218:
with a height of 83 feet (25 m), and a length of 748 feet (228 m) at its crest. It impounds the
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for hydroelectric power generation and municipal water supply. It is owned and operated by
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and its own dam lie immediately downstream and to the west, also owned by PG&E.
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The dam is being examined as the upper pool in a 380–1,140 MW
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Salt Springs Reservoir
Lower Bear River Reservoir
Mokelumne Peak
Mokelumne Wilderness
Lake Tahoe
Location of lake in California.
Amador County, California
38°33′28″N 120°12′58″W / 38.5579°N 120.2162°W / 38.5579; -120.2162
Type
Reservoir
Amador County, California
Sacramento
Bear River
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Lower Bear River Reservoir
pumped-storage
Salt Springs Reservoir
List of dams and reservoirs in California
List of lakes in California
"Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California (A-G)"
the original
"Dam Name: Bear River"
the original
"Bear River"
the original
"Bear River Group Campground"
"FERC Seeks Input on App for 1,140-MW GreenGenStorage Pumped Storage Hydro Project"
Categories
Dams completed in 1900

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