Lay Dam P-2146

General information
Waterway	Coosa River
Current status	Active license
Type of facility	Conventional Hydro
Mode of hydropower generation	Run-of-river
Type of permit	FERC License
FERC information
FERC docket #	P-2146
FERC project name	Coosa River
Other projects with this FERC number	Weiss Dam P-2146 Walter Bouldin Dam P-2146 Mitchell P-2146 Logan Martin Dam P-2146 Jordan Dam P-2146 H Neely Henry Dam P-2146
Permit issued	6/15/13
Permit expiration	5/27/43
Ownership and operation
Owner	Alabama Power Co
Owner type	Investor-Owned Utility
Year first online (conventional hydro)	1967
Transmission or distribution system owner	Alabama Power Co
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	6
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	177.0 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation	529,527.8 MWH

Download license summary for the Coosa project.

Alabama Power Company received an operating license for the Coosa River projects in June 2013 for the following seven developments:

Weiss, H. Neely Henry (Neely Henry), Logan Martin, Lay, and Bouldin developments (previously Coosa River projects)
Mitchell (previously Mitchell dam project, P-82), and
Jordan (previously Jordam dam project, P-618).

The Coosa River Basin drainage encompasses about 10,161 square miles in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. The Coosa River begins at the confluence of the Oostanaula and Etowah rivers in northwest Georgia, and flows 267 miles in a southerly direction to its confluence with the Tallapoosa River, forming the Alabama River.

The Coosa River Basin supports rich and diverse assemblages of aquatic species, with 147 species of fish. Additionally, it supports the most diverse collection of freshwater mollusks in the world.