Murray Hydroelectric Power Station

Murray 1 Power Station is located 6.5 km (4 mi) south-east of Khancoban along the Alpine Way. The conventional gravity-fed hydroelectric power station has ten vertical UK-manufactured Francis, Boving Engineering turbines, each fitted with ASEA-manufactured generators, with a combined generating capacity of 950 MW (1.27 million hp) of electricity. The power station was completed in 1967, and has 460.2 m (1,510 ft) rated head. Fed by natural inflow, supplemented by the pumped flows of the Snowy-Geehi Haupt tunnel from Island Bend Pondage, it receives water from the Geehi Reservoir on the Geehi River and discharges into the Murray 2 Pondage.[2] The station is capable of producing enough electricity to supply over 95,000 homes.[3][4]

Murray 1 will undergo a series of outages, from 2013 to 2022 inclusive, in order to complete maintenance on each turbine and generator.[5]

Murray 1 Power Station Lookout is located opposite Murray 1 Hydroelectric Power Station across Khancoban Back Creek, 8 km south-east on the Alpine Way from the Snowy Hydro Visitor Centre in association with Khancoban Visitor Centre.

Murray 2 Power Station is located approximately 2.5 km (1.6 mi) south of Khancoban along the Alpine Way. The conventional gravity-fed hydroelectric power station has four vertical Francis turbines, of Hitachi manufacturing in Japan, each coupled to ASEA generators, with a combined generating capacity of 550 MW (740,000 hp) of electricity. This site was the first use of Japanese supply of large electrical and mechanical components in the Snowy Scheme. The power station was completed in 1969, and has 264.3 m (867 ft) rated head. Fed by the water discharged from Murray 1 Power Station into the Murray Two Pondage, Murray 2 Power Station discharges water into the Khancoban Pondage, and into the Swampy Plain River.[4][6]

Murray 2 will undergo a series of outages, during 2020 to 2022 inclusive, in order to complete maintenance on two of the turbines and generators.[5]