The Upper LaChute Hydroelectric Project and the Lower LaChute Hydroelectric Project are both located on the LaChute River, in the Village of Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York. The LaChute River carries flow from Lake George to Lake Champlain and is approximately 2.5 miles long.

The Upper LaChute project (FERC No. 5760) and the Lower LaChute project (FERC No. 5762) are both exempt from licensing by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Upper LaChute:The Upper LaChute Project consists of three dams, Mill A dam (Lake George Outlet dam, the control structure for the water surface level of Lake George into the LaChute River), Mill B dam, and Mill C dam. Upper LaChute utilizes the waters of Lake George, a 44 square mile recreational lake in upstate New York, as the headwaters for the project. The releases from Lake George are set by New York State statutes and guidelines and regulated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). Flows from Lake George are conveyed 2,300 feet downstream by a steel penstock 9-ft in diameter to a powerhouse located near Mill C. The dam forms a bypassed reach approximately 1 mile long. The powerhouse has a single turbine-generator unit rated at 4,900 kilowatts.

Lower LaChute:The Lower LaChute Project uses the headwater formed by the Mill D dam. The dam is the fourth in a series of six dams along the river and is located about 4,100 feet downstream of the Mill A dam. The Lower Project uses flows from the Upper LaChute and flows from Trout Brook. The Lower LaChute project operates as run-of-river and has a headpond with 2.3 acres of surface area with negligible storage. Flows from the D-Mill dam are conveyed by a 9-foot diameter penstock to the powerhouse, located below the falls at Mill F dam. The dam creates a bypassed reach approximately 0.36 miles long. The powerhouse has a single turbine-generator unit rated at 3,600 kW. The Lower Project is accessible from Interstate 87, State Route 9N and local streets.