Smith Mountain P-2210

General information
Waterway	Roanoke River
Current status	Active license
Type of facility	Conventional Hydro, Pumped Storage
Mode of hydropower generation	Peaking
Type of permit	FERC License
FERC information
FERC docket #	P-2210
FERC project name	Smith Mountain
Other projects with this FERC number	Leesville P-2210
Permit issued	12/10/09
Permit expiration	3/27/39
Ownership and operation
Owner	Appalachian Power Co
Owner type	Investor-Owned Utility
Year first online (conventional hydro)	1965
Year first online (pumped storage)	1965
Transmission or distribution system owner	Appalachian Power Co
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	5
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	300.2 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation	341,628.4 MWH
Total capacity from pumped storage turbine-generator units	247.3 MW
Pumped storage gross generation in megawatt hours for each powerplant	157,390.4 MWH

This 636 MW project consists of two-dams, two-reservoirs combination pumped storage and conventional hydroelectric projects. The project is located on the headwaters

of the Roanoke River in Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, and Pittsylvania counties in Virginia.

The 586 MW Smith Mountain development is a pumped storage project while the 50 MW Leesville development is a conventional hydropower project.

Water management (e.g., lake levels and instream flows)Erosion and sedimentation within Smith Mountain and Leesville lakesEffect on the Roanoke logperchLoss of littoral zone habitat in both lakesControlling invasive aquatic vegetationRecreational access needs, and Managing navigation aids and floating debris within the two lakes.