Three Gorges Dam and China Southern Power Grid paid a flat rate of ¥250 per MWh (US$35.7) until July 2, 2008. Since then, the price has varied by province, from ¥228.7–401.8 per MWh. Higher-paying customers, such as Shanghai, receive priority. Nine provinces and two cities consume power from the dam. Power distribution and transmission infrastructure cost about 34.387 billion Yuan. Construction was completed in December 2007, one year ahead of schedule. Power is distributed over multiple 500 kilovolt (kV) transmission lines. Three direct current (DC) lines to the East China Grid carry 7,200 MW: Three Gorges – Shanghai (3,000 MW), HVDC Three Gorges
Huangchuan Three Gorges Huangchuan Three Gorges The shortest gorge in Lianjiang River. Its length is less than a kilometer, and the width of the shore only 30 meters, frightened sheep can jump over this gorge. In the legend have a goat living on the right side of the river, it must be to the left of the mountain to eat grass every day. One day, when it skip the gorges, with a loud noise, cliff cave that the goat can't go home again. So it stood on the left side of the hill every day, year after year it turned into a statue