Cheoah P-2169

General information
Waterway	Little Tennessee River
Current status	Active license
Type of facility	Conventional Hydro
Mode of hydropower generation	Peaking
Type of permit	FERC License
FERC information
FERC docket #	P-2169
FERC project name	Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydro
Other projects with this FERC number	Santeetlah P-2169 Chilhowee P-2169 Calderwood P-2169
Permit issued	1/20/05
Permit expiration	2/24/45
Ownership and operation
Owner	Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hyd LLC
Owner type	Wholesale Power Marketer
Year first online (conventional hydro)	1949
Transmission or distribution system owner	Tennessee Valley Authority
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	5
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	140.0 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation	441,047.7 MWH

This project was formerly known as the Tapoco project. It is located on the Little Tennessee and Cheoah Rivers in Graham and Swain Counties in North Carolina, and Blount and Monroe Counties in Tennessee.

The project consists of four developments: Santeetlah, Cheoah, Calderwood, Chilhowee.

Part of the project occupies lands within the Nantahala National Forest administered by the US Forest Service.