Reece Dam
Location of the Reece Dam in Tasmania
Country	Australia
Location	West Coast, Tasmania
Coordinates	41°43′12″S 145°07′48″E / 41.72000°S 145.13000°E / -41.72000; 145.13000
Purpose	Power
Status	Operational
Construction began	1974
Opening date	1987
Owner(s)	Hydro Tasmania
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment dam
Impounds	Pieman River
Height	122 metres (400 ft)
Length	374 metres (1,227 ft)
Dam volume	2,742 thousand cubic metres (96.8×10^6 cu ft)
Spillways	1
Spillway type	Uncontrolled
Spillway capacity	4,742 cubic metres per second (167,500 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Lake Pieman
Total capacity	300,200 megalitres (10,600×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area	2,653 square kilometres (1,024 sq mi)
Surface area	222 hectares (550 acres)
Reece Power Station
Coordinates	41°43′25″S 145°08′10″E / 41.72361°S 145.13611°E / -41.72361; 145.13611
Operator(s)	Hydro Tasmania
Commission date	1987 (1987)
Type	Conventional
Hydraulic head	92 metres (302 ft)
Turbines	2 x Fuji Francis turbines
Installed capacity	238 megawatts (319,000 hp)
Capacity factor	0.85
Annual generation	1,025 gigawatt-hours (3,690 TJ)
Website hydro.com.au/clean-energy/our-power-stations/pieman
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The Reece Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.

Technical details

Part of the Pieman River scheme that comprises four hydroelectric power stations, the Reece Power Station is the final station in the scheme, before the water runs out to sea. The power station is located aboveground at the foot of the rock-filled concrete faced Reece Dam (also called the Lower Pieman Dam) which forms Lake Pieman. Water from the lake is fed to the power station into two independent 250-metre (820 ft)-long tunnels.^[2]

The power station was commissioned in 1986 and 1987 by the Hydro Electric Corporation (TAS) and the station has two Fuji Francis turbines, with a combined generating capacity of 238 megawatts (319,000 hp) of electricity. The station output, estimated to be 1,025 gigawatt-hours (3,690 TJ) annually,^[1] is fed to TasNetworks' transmission grid via a 13.8 kV/220 kV Fuji generator transformer to the outdoor switchyard.^[3]

Etymology

Both the power station and the dam are named in honour of Eric Reece, the Premier of Tasmania between 1958 and 1969 and again between 1972 and 1975. Reece was a firm proponent of the Hydro-Electric Commission and the development of hydroelectricity in Tasmania.^[2]