为了确保下贝克大坝运营的持续公共安全和可靠性，PSE于2020年初2021年底开始了大坝的安全和现代化工作，为期约五年。随着这项工作进入动员阶段，混凝土社区的建筑交通量将增加。有关这项工作的更多信息，请参阅 2021 年底邮寄给社区的通知，其中详细说明了施工进度

The Baker River Hydroelectric Project is PSE’s largest hydropower facility. The power project is located on a tributary of the Skagit River in northwest Washington and includes two concrete dams and their associated powerhouses and facilities.

Upper Baker Dam:

• Completed in 1959
• 312-foot-high concrete gravity dam
• 107 megawatts of power-generating capacity

Lower Baker Dam:

• Completed in 1925
• 285-foot-high concrete arch dam
• 111 megawatts of power-generating capacity

The Baker River Hydroelectric Project covers almost 300 square miles in Washington state. Several entities own land within the Baker River basin, including the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, and PSE.

The project reservoirs, Baker Lake and Lake Shannon, are fed by runoff from the flanks of Mount Baker and Mount Shuksan. They create more than 7,203 acres of water surface that provides public recreation, fisheries, flood risk management, and hydropower benefits for the communities in the Skagit River Valley and the greater Northwest.

We also operate extensive salmon-enhancement systems within the power project, including a fish hatchery and innovative facilities for moving migrating fish both upstream and downstream around PSE's two dams.

We comply with strict federal regulations to ensure public safety while operating the dams.  We developed a comprehensive Dam Safety Program and were awarded a 50-year federal operating license for the power project in October 2008.

As part of our Dam Safety Program and Emergency Action Plan, we upgraded the early-warning siren system in 2018. The upgrade increased the sound coverage area, taking the system from three sirens to eight. Learn more about our commitment to public safety here.

We test the sirens on the second Monday of every month at 6:00 p.m. The sirens sound for less than one minute during the test. To hear the siren messages and tone, download the audio files below:

• Test message
• Evacuation message
• Siren tone

香农湖游艇发射场的新公共日间使用公园现已向公众开放。新公园设有扩建的停车位、洗手间、野餐桌、木炭烧烤和带顶棚的野餐庇护所供公众享用。该项目帮助PSE满足联邦能源监管委员会（FERC）的要求，这是贝克水力发电项目许可协议的一部分

该公园的开放时间为每年的4月15日至10月31日。公园的开放时间是从黎明到黄昏。目前，PSE 不接受野餐避难所的预订，先到先得。有关公园的问题和疑虑，请联系重大项目热线：

照片：PSE Baker水力发电项目经理帕梅拉·斯纳维利（左）和PSE咨询资源科学家托尼·福克斯在香农湖日用公园新开幕庆典上剪彩。

托尼·福克斯，公园经理
1.888.404.8773