Lewis Smith P-2165

General information
Waterway	Black Warrior River Sipsey Fork
Current status	Active license
Type of facility	Conventional Hydro
Mode of hydropower generation	Peaking
Type of permit	FERC License
FERC information
FERC docket #	P-2165
FERC project name	Warrior River
Other projects with this FERC number	Bankhead P-2165
Permit issued	3/26/10
Permit expiration	2/24/40
Ownership and operation
Owner	Alabama Power Co
Owner type	Investor-Owned Utility
Year first online (conventional hydro)	1961
Transmission or distribution system owner	Alabama Power Co
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	2
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	181.0 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation	246,080.8 MWH

The Warrior River Hydroelectric Project includes the Lewis Smith and Bankhead developments.

The Lewis Smith development is located in north central Alabama in the headwaters of the Black Warrior River on the Sipsey Fork in Cullman, Walker, and Winston Counties.

The Bankhead development is located in west central Alabama downstream of the Lewis Smith development, on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa County.

The Lewis Smith development occupies 2,691.44 acres of federal lands administered by the U.S. Forest Service, and the Bankhead development occupies 18.7 acres of federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management.