FERC Scoping Meeting Project No. 2305
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FERC Scoping Meeting Project No. 2305. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Sabine River Authority State of Louisiana & Sabine River Authority of Texas December 16, 2008. Sabine River Basin Facts. Length – 560 miles Drainage Area – 9,952 sq. mi. 25% -Louisiana 75% in Texas - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transcript of FERC Scoping Meeting Project No. 2305
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FERC Scoping MeetingProject No. 2305Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Sabine River Authority State of Louisiana &Sabine River Authority of TexasDecember 16, 2008
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Length 560 milesDrainage Area 9,952 sq. mi.25% -Louisiana75% in TexasBoundary reach covered by Sabine River Compact.Available water is split equally between States.Toledo Bend Dam is located 147 miles from top of Sabine Lake.Sabine River Basin Facts
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Toledo Bend ProjectOwned jointly by Sabine River Authority State of Louisiana Sabine River Authority of TexasOperated by the Toledo Bend Joint Operation
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Toledo Bend Joint Operation6 Member Executive Committee 2 Board members appoint from the SRA-TX Board of Directors 2 Board members appoint from the SRA-LA Board of DirectorsThe General Managers of SRA-TX and SRA-LA
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Toledo Bend Joint OperationResponsible for setting policy for the operations and maintenance and power sales of the jointly held assets which include the spillway, dam and power house and other related facilities.
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65 mile long reservoir185,000 surface acres1263 miles of shoreline 4,477,000 acre-feet controlled storage Water Supply and Hydro-Electric
Toledo Bend Project
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Toledo Bend Dam11,250 feet long.Max height 112 feet.Top width 25 feet. Rolled earth fill with soil-cement on upstream slope for erosion control.
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Toledo Bend Dam SpillwayLength 838 Feet11 40X28 Foot tainter gates.Low flow sluiceway Design discharge capacity 290,000 cfs
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Toledo Bend Hydroelectric OperationsTwo Vertical Units utilizing Kaplan turbinesAuthorized installed capacity of 81MW
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Toledo Bend Dam HydroelectricProposed Mini-Hydro UnitDesigned to capture energy associated with routine spillway flow releases.Horizontal Kaplan machineElectric Capacity of 0.875 MW Annually 5.4 to 7.0 million kW-hrs produced
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TurbineTransformer and Control System
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FERC LicenseCurrent license issued in October, 1963Project became operational in 1968.License expires September 30, 2013.Filed NOI/PAD September 22, 2008Prepare relicensing application 2008-2011File license application September, 2011
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Additional InformationPublic Web site
http://www.tbpjo.org
Melvin Swoboda409-746-2192 [email protected]
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Toledo Bend Project TourDecember 17, 2008Gather in Lobby 7:45 AM
Depart at 8:00 AM
Box Lunches will the served
Returning at ~ 2:45 PM
