The power station is situated on the Lower River Derwent catchment and is owned and operated by Hydro Tasmania.

Each of the three steel penstocks is provided with a hilltop valve designed to close under full flow.

[4] Within the station building, each turbine has a fully embedded spiral casing and water flow is controlled by a spherical rotary main inlet valve and a turbine relief valve designed to prevent spiral casing overpressure.

The station output, estimated to be 440 gigawatt-hours (1,600 TJ) annually,[1] is fed to TasNetworks' transmission grid via an 11 kV/220 kV three-phase English Electric generator transformer to the outdoor switchyard.

An 11 kV indoor switchgear system also supplies a distribution yard that supplies power to the local area from Wayatinah village to Hamilton and includes the power stations of Liapootah, Wayatinah, Catagunya, Repulse and Cluny.