Grand River Dam Authority Floodwater Release Bulletin
At 10:30 AM on Monday, October 7: • Grand Lake elevation was 745.71 feet. Daily target elevation for October 7 is 742 feet. • At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, two (2) main spillway gates were open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 12,808 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water. • […]
GRDA Power For Progress Column October 1, 2019
Wrapping up the rodeo The Oklahoma men and women who maintain the power lines for our state’s publicly-owned electric utilities came together in Ponca City in late September (25th and 26th) for two days of competition and comradery. Most importantly though, they came together for the sake of safety education. The event was the 2019 […]
GRDA News Release: Floodwater Release Bulletin
At 10AM on Friday, September 27: • Grand Lake elevation was 745.36. Target elevation for September 27 is 742.21 feet. • At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, two (2) main spillway gates were open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 12,689 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water. • Six (6) units […]
GRDA News Release: Floodwater Release Bulletin
At 10:30AM on Thursday, September 26: • Grand Lake elevation was 746 feet. • At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, two (2) main spillway gates and one (1) east gate were open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 22,188 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water. • Six (6) units were online […]
GRDA News Release: Floodwater Release Bulletin
At 1:30 PM on Wednesday, September 25: • Grand Lake elevation was 745.65 feet. Daily target elevation for Sept. 25 is 742.36 feet. • At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, two (2) main spillway gates were open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 13,067 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water. • […]
GRDA Power For Progress Column September 23, 2019
The benefits of public power … When municipalities from all across the state of Oklahoma came together last week for a conference in Tulsa, the Grand River Dam Authority was there to join them. The event was actually the Oklahoma Municipal League (OML) Annual Conference, a gathering of Oklahoma city and town officials and others […]
GRDA Power For Progress Column September 16, 2019
Department Spotlight: GRDA Metering Department Like all other large electric utilities, the Grand River Dam Authority is sending a large amount of electricity across its high-voltage lines round-the-clock. That electricity flows from the source of production – a GRDA generation facility – to customers all across the system. Those customer use it to power homes, […]
Grand River Dam Authority Power For Progress Column September 9, 2019
This Is Man’s Deed By late summer of 1940, Grand Lake was finally a reality. The major work on Pensacola Dam had been completed earlier that year and the waters of the Grand River had steadily filled the lake throughout the summer months. The dream of a hydroelectric facility across the Grand River Valley – […]
Grand River Dam Authority News Release: GRDA issues general vegetation management permit
To aid with storm cleanup around Grand Lake shoreline… GRDA issues general vegetation management permit Langley – Due to significant damage caused by thunderstorms on the evening of Monday, August 26, 2019, and the early morning hours of Tuesday, August 27, 2019, the Grand River Dam Authority is issuing a general vegetation management permit for […]
Grand River Dam Authority Floodwater Release Bulletin
Grand River Dam Authority News Release For immediate release: 8/30/19 At 3 PM on Friday, August 30: • Grand Lake elevation was 745.75 feet. Daily target elevation for August 30 is 743 feet. • At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, one (1) east spillway gate was open at Pensacola Dam, […]