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FERC Renews Conowingo Dam's Operating License, Preserving Maryland's Largest Source of Renewable Energy
With a new 50-year operating license in hand, Constellation can now move forward with up to $700 million in planned investments to enhance aquatic life, water quality and environmental stewardship
Conowingo Dam Recreation COVID-19 Update
Conowingo Visitor Center will be closed to the public starting 5 p.m. today (11/13/20)
National Safe Boating Week
Conowingo and Muddy Run Recreation Sites Closures and Modifications Due to COVID-19, Effective May 12, 2020
Canoe portage not currently available at the Conowingo Dam
Canoe portage is not currently available around the Conowingo Dam due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) guidance. We will share an update when we can. Thanks for your understanding.
Conowingo and Muddy Run Recreation Sites Closures and Modifications Due to COVID-19, Effective Immediately
Baltimore Sun - In settlement with Maryland, Conowingo Dam owner Exelon to invest $200 million to clean up Susquehanna River
Conowingo Dam owner Exelon Corp. and the state of Maryland have reached a settlement under which the Chicago-based energy company will invest $200 million to clean up the Susquehanna River.
Constellation and State of Maryland Reach Agreement to Restore and Sustain Chesapeake Bay
Historic agreement on the Conowingo Dam is a win for the environment, the economy, the State of Maryland and the entire Chesapeake Bay region.
Cecil Whig - The slide rule genius of Conowingo
It was 91 years ago today that the in-house station Unit #2 at Conowingo Dam was first turned over on Feb. 8, 1928. Four days later, it was put into commercial operation on Feb. 12, 1928.
Baltimore Sun - Don't blame the Conowingo Dam for Chesapeake Bay pollution
Blaming the dam diverts attention away from the real problem and hurts the important efforts by Gov. Larry Hogan and others to restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay. That’s a risk we cannot and should not take.
New Video: Managing Flood Risk and the Bay Environment
Managing Flood Risk and the Bay Environment
Statement on Conowingo Request For Reconsideration Filing
A media statement from Exelon Generation on the Conowingo Dam request for reconsideration filing
Winners of the 2018 Conowingo Dam Bald Eagle Photography Contest!
The winners of the 2018 Bald Eagle Photo Contest have been revealed
Financial Analysis Shows Conowingo Revenues Insufficient to Fund Additional Sediment Mitigation
A new analysis demonstrates that Conowingo’s revenues are not even high enough to cover costs plus an adequate return, let alone sufficient to fund additional contributions for sediment.
December 5th Conowingo Dam Re-Licensing Public Hearing
Join us on December 5th at 6:00PM to voice your support for the Conowingo Dam and its re-licensing with the State of Maryland.
2017 Conowingo Eagles Day
Join us on Saturday, November 4, for an opportunity to learn about wildlife photography, bald eagles and birding around Conowingo Dam.
2017 Conowingo Dam Open House
The Conowingo Dam opens its doors to the public only once a year! See how clean, reliable electricity is generated using the power of the Susquehanna River.
State of Maryland Conowingo Dam RFI Announcement
Governor Larry Hogan and officials in the state of Maryland have informed Exelon of their intent to conduct a Request for Information, or RFI, to accelerate the restoration of Chesapeake Bay.
2016 Wildlife Photo Contest Announcement
We're announcing the 2016 Wildlife Photo Contest, which is free to enter and open to amateurs and professionals. Pictures to be taken along the Susquehanna River, around Muddy Run Park, and Conowingo Facilities.
Landmark Agreement with Exelon, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service uses Cutting-edge Science to Drive Fishes’ Return to Susquehanna River
Exelon will improve fish passage facilities at Conowingo Dam and transport up to 100,000 American shad and 100,000 river herring annually to their spawning grounds above all four dams.
Cecil Daily - Latest dam study points to nutrients, not sediment
A joint report on the Conowingo Dam and its impact on the cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay has found that the enemy is not the ton of sediment built up behind the almost 90-year-old dam.
CONOWINGO DAM ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF FIFTH ANNUAL BALD EAGLE PHOTO CONTEST
Exelon Generation, the owner and operator of Conowingo, recently held its fifth annual photo contest to help highlight the beauty of the bald eagle...
2015 Conowingo Eagle Photo Contest
Enter to win the Conowingo Bald Eagle Photo Contest. Photos must feature Eagles along the Lower Susquehanna River around Muddy Run Park and Conowingo facilities in either Maryland or Pennsylvania. Click here for more information and the entry form.
An Evening Under the Stars
Join Support Conowingo Dam and Rittenhouse Astronomical Society on Friday, October 9 for an unforgettable and educational event!
Visitors get to see the inner workings of Conowingo Dam
Cecil and Harford County residents drive across the Conowingo Dam on a regular basis, but it is a rare occasion that people get to see the inner workings of the hydroelectric facility...
Conowingo Dam Open House 2015
Join us at the Conowingo Dam Open House on Friday, 9/18 (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Saturday, 9/19 (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) Location: 2569 Shures Landing Road, Darlington, MD 21034 To sign up for your tour, please call: 410-457-2427 (weekdays 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Enter the 2015 Conowingo Wildlife Photo Contest!
Love photography? Have great photos at the Conowingo Dam? Enter the 2015 Conowingo Wildlife Photo Contest! To learn more and enter, visit: http://www.exeloncorp.com/assets/WIldlife%20Photo%20Contest%20Rules%20081115.pdf
Conowingo Dam BBQ Cookout
Join us at the Conowingo Visitor Center on Thursday, July 23 at 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM.
Cleanup Day 2015
Help us clean up the Susquehanna River above the Conowingo Dam!
WIP work needs to move forward
Friday’s story about the state bill by Sen. Steve Hershey and Delegate Jay Jacobs to halt work on the Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP), the Bay cleanup program, contains a lot of disingenuous nonsense from these two lawmakers.
CONOWINGO DAM ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF FOURTH ANNUAL BALD EAGLE PHOTO CONTEST
Exelon Generation, the owner and operator of Conowingo, recently held its fourth annual photo contest to help highlight the beauty of the bald eagle...
Letter to Editor: Why the Big Deal About Keeping the Conowingo Dam?
More than 11,500 residents in the Chesapeake Bay region – myself included – believe that science must lead the way on finding a regional solution to the Bay’s cleanup.
Now A Group Supports the Conowingo Dam Itself
Yesterday the Support Conowingo Dam campaign delivered over 11,500 petition signatures to the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
Support Conowingo Dam Campaign Delivers Over 11,500 Petition Signatures to U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Advocating For Dam’s Continued Operation
Today, the Support Conowingo Dam campaign delivered over 11,500 petition signatures to the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
Relicense the Conowingo hydroelectric plant
Conowingo generates about 550 megawatts of power, similar to a full sized coal generating station, but cheaply and with no air or water pollution, so we should promptly authorize its use and keep it running.
Tree trimming at Fisherman’s Park
On Thursday December 18th and Friday December 19th, Conowingo will be preforming tree trimming in Fisherman’s Park. Please pardon our noise and distraction with this project. The end result is to improve bald eagle viewing in the future.
Look at the whole watershed
Enhance the Bay. Relicense the dam and look at the whole watershed issue...
Dredging Conowingo Dam won't save the bay
In a world of competing policy priorities, there is one policy objective that seems to generate more agreement than any other — we must protect the Chesapeake Bay. To do so requires good science, and recently we acquired some.
Denying Conowingo permit won't clean bay
While I understand the concern about accumulated nutrient buildup in the sediment upstream of the Conowingo Dam...as an engineer I do not see what the operation of the dam's power station has anything to do with it...
Video - Conowingo Bald Eagles Day 2014
On Saturday November 8th Eagle Day was held at the Conowingo Dam.
EXELON GENERATION STATEMENT ON THE RELEASE OF THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER WATERSHED ASSESSMENT REPORT
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Lower Susquehanna River Watershed Assessment is the most detailed, scientific study on sediment and its impact to the Bay to date.
Bay Editorial - Letter to the Editor
[We must] not hang our hats on unproven schemes that may or may not have any impact on the water quality of the Bay, or fret over a political agenda that calls for "unleashing the power of the private sector"....
Conowingo Dam Dialogue: Ann Swanson and the Chesapeake Bay Commission
Swanson talks very candidly about...her more powerful conviction that local governments must accept the reality that local source pollution is the real smoking gun when it comes to the damaging the bay and our rivers.
Port Deposit goes all out to protect its endangered map turtles
Residents join researchers in looking out for roving reptiles during egg-laying season
Region needs Susquehanna hydropower
By way of context, the Conowingo Project alone provides the equivalent power for more than 160,000 households for a whole year and has avoided the burning of 2.8 million tons of coal in the past 10 years
A comprehensive cleanup for the bay
Guest Column: States part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed need to work together to eliminate pollution
Don't Mess with Conowingo Until You've Cleaned Up Your Act
Most of the pollution in Maryland (and Virginia) rivers comes from local sources, not the Susquehanna River...
Keep the Conowingo
Letter to the Editor: The Conowingo dam has done a wonderful job of supplying our power cleanly for the last eight decades.
Support the dam to support Md. [Commentary]
Op-ed by Anirban Basu, Chairman and CEO of Sage Policy Group, Inc. and a consultant to Exelon Generation.
Support Conowingo Dam Petition
Sign our petition to Mid-Atlantic and Federal Officials urging them to support Conowingo Dam!
Study of Conowingo Provides Groundbreaking Findings on Sediment Impact
In his Spy interview, Colonel Richard Jordan of the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, outlines the purpose and process of this multi-layered, scientifically driven, study on the water system.
FERC's Draft Environmental Impact Statement Recommends Relicensing Conowingo Dam
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently released a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) recommending the relicensing of Conowingo Dam.
Approve Conowingo Dam license
All of us within the Chesapeake Bay watershed should support the federal renewal of the Conowingo license.
Conowingo Dam an asset to the community [Letter]
I support Conowingo Dam and we need to relicense it so that people like me can continue enjoying it for decades to come.
Upriver pollution, not dam, bay's major threat
Study finds Conowingo only contributed 20 percent of sediment muddying upper Chesapeake after 2011 storm.
The Conowingo Dam offers a bird lover’s paradise
It’s within a day’s driving distance, and something worthy of visiting. Located on the Susquehanna River in northeast Maryland, the Conowingo Dam is an awesome sight.
Silt not Exelon's responsibility
Mr. Charles Macleod recently said that Exelon should clean up the silt in front of the Conowingo Dam, and that is totally wrong.
Conowingo Bald Eagles Contest Winners
Click here to view all contest submissions.
Happy Birthday Conowingo Dam!
The Conowingo Dam turns 86 this Saturday March 1st 2014!
Hundreds visit as eagles soar above Conowingo Dam
Hundreds of people gathered along the Harford County shore of the Susquehanna River Saturday to marvel as bald eagles who call the area around the Conowingo Dam home soared over the river below the dam...
Conowingo Dam: A great day trip for Baltimore families
Conowingo Dam, located on Route 1 over the Susquehanna River is nearly 10 miles north of the Chesapeake Bay and a perfect location to spend a day with the family.
Conowingo Dam tours draw more than 1,000 visitors
Exelon Generation, owner and operator of the 85-year-old dam, led more than 1,000 people on guided tours.
Conowingo Dam an under-appreciated treasure
If you want to see bald eagles, this is the place to do it. Bring your camera and binoculars.
Conowingo Dam Protects the Bay
The dam is a vital, cherished resource and its continued operation is critical to providing clean energy and environmental stewardship for the region.
What People Are Asking: Is it True that Fish Need Elevators?
The $12 million Conowingo lift was the largest of its kind in the nation when it opened in 1991. Before the existence of the fish lift, shad were actually trucked around the four dams on the Susquehanna River.
DNR Maryland Fishing Report
Jason Michalski and friends were doing their best to remove some flathead catfish at the Conowingo Dam pool and one would think they had a great time and some sore arms.
Conowingo Dam Fish Lift Begins Season
For more than 20 years, the fish lift atop the Conowingo Dam has been helping creatures up and over the structure. The dam's general manager told WJZ the lift moved 1.1 million fish in 2012 several stories above the Susquehanna River.
Bald eagles are star attraction at Conowingo Dam
From November to February the Conowingo Dam attracts over a hundred species of birds, but the bald eagles are the star of the show. What draws them to the giant hydroelectric dam, which located on the Susquehanna River, is the way it makes energy.
Property tax rate in Aberdeen highest in Harford
As county and municipal budgets are finalized, only rate drop is in Havre de Grace
