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•FERC Relicensing of the Toledo Bend Project–Hydroelectric Power Generation
•Drought
•Hydroelectric vs. Water Supply
Sabine River Authority Issues
– Current license issued Oct.1963 – Expires Sept. 2013– Filed NOI/PAD September 22, 2008– Preparing license application 2008 – 2011 – File license application September, 2011– Re-licensing could affect all levels of Operations
• Lake levels• Downstream releases• Water supply yield• Water releases for instream flows and bays & estuaries• Hydroelectric power production• Construction/Permitting within Project Boundary
Re-Licensing the Toledo Bend Project
FERC Relicensing Challenges
• In the early 1960’s, the Clean Water Act, the National Environmental Protection Act, and the National Historic Properties Act had not been enacted.
• Before FERC will issue a new license for Toledo Bend, all those Acts must be complied with.
• It is the responsibility of the licensee’s (SRA-TX and SRA-LA) to prove the project is in compliance.
• Length – 560 miles
• Drainage Area – 9,952 sq. mi.25% in Louisiana75% in Texas
• Boundary reach covered by Sabine River Compact.
• Available water from the boundary reach down is split equally between States.
• Toledo Bend Dam is located 147 miles from top of Sabine Lake.
• Average Inflow into Sabine Lake – 5,982,000 Ac-ft/yr
Sabine River Basin Facts
Toledo Bend Project
• Water Supply
• Hydroelectric Power
• Recreation
Toledo Bend Reservoir
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission– Project No. 2305; license issued 1963 (LA & TX)
185,000 surface acres Max Power Pool Elev 172.0 ft MSL Storage Capacity 4,477,000 acre-feet Average Inflow 4,200,000 acre-feet/year Shoreline 1,200+ miles Drainage Area 7,190 sq. miles
Water Volumes
• 1 Acre-foot = 325,848 gallons• Toledo Bend Reservoir
• 4,476,951 Acre-feet @ 172 ft. msl• 4,200,000 Acre-feet annual average inflow
• Hydro Power Generation – 2 Units• 28,000 acre-feet per 24 hours
• Haynesville Shale Hydrofracking• 6.5 million gallons/ 20 acre-feet
• Evaporation Loss (Monthly)• August – 40,000 acre-feet
“Firm Yield”
• “The amount of water that can be supplied from a reservoir on an annual basis during the most critical drought period of record.”
• Forest & Cotton, 1959 2,074,500 ac-ft• Brown & Root, 1991 2,086,600 ac-ft• TCB, 2005 1,908,000 ac-ft• Louisiana’s Portion 954,000 ac-ft
172 msl 4,476,951 ac-ft
Elevation and VolumeToledo Bend Reservoir
168 msl 3,788,901 ac-ft
169 msl 3,953,801 ac-ft
170 msl 4,123,426 ac-ft 171 msl 4,297,776 ac-ft
Elevation and VolumeToledo Bend Reservoir
172 ft-msl
168 ft-msl
688,000 Acre-Feet
15% of Total Volume
16% of Average Annual Inflow
LA SRA Water Sales(Toledo Bend Reservoir)
• Existing ContractsAnnual withdrawals: 27,589 ac-ft/yrAdditional options: 37,940 ac-ft/yrContracts total: 65,529 ac-ft/yr
Haynesville Shale (projected) 36,500 ac-ft/yr
• Non-Allocated Water 851,971 ac-ft/yr
Power Generation vs. Water Supply
• Power Sales Agreement– Expires 2018– Notice of Termination due 2015– Power Sales Revenue accounts for 40% of total
SRA Revenue
• Water Supply– Toledo Bend:
• Accounts for 12% of SRA Revenue– Diversion Canal
• Accounts for 34% of SRA Revenue
Water TB12%
Power40%
SRD34%
Other14%
SRA RevenueFY 06 -FY 10
Future Utilization of Toledo Bend Reservoir
• SRA’s Board of Commissioners has adopted the strategy of developing water sales as an alternative source of revenue in lieu of hydroelectric power generation.
• “Run of the River” for Power Generation– Environmental Flows– Controlled excess capacity releases
Water Supply Proposal
• Out-of-State Sale– Requires Governor’s Consent
• 600,000 Acre-Feet Per Year• Maximum Monthly Withdrawal
– 75,000 Acre-Feet/month– Equivalent to running 2-generators 2.67
days/month• Drought Contingency Plan
January February March April May June July August September October November December
(100,000)
0
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Average InflowAcre-Feet
1969 - 2010
75,000 Ac-ft Max
Power Sales Agreement1,000,000 Acre-feet
May - September
600,000 Acre-Feet Maximum Annual Water Supply
Power Sales vs Water Supply
Relative Value of Water for Hydropower vs. Water Supply
(Based on one million acre-feet)
$48,877,650
$2,606,808
$0
$10,000,000
$20,000,000
$30,000,000
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Water Supply
HydroApprox. $.008 / 1000 Gallon
$.15 / 1000 Gallon
Balancing Water Supply/Lake LevelSRA-LA & SRA-TX
• Inter-Basin Transfers– Present Law prohibits SRA-TX from transferring water outside
the Sabine River Basin– Highly probable SRA-TX will be granted a permit to transfer
300,000 acre-feet per year outside the Sabine River Basin of Texas
• SRA-LA will reduce its allocation to 300,000 acre-feet per year
• Proposed Cooperative Agreement– In the event SRA-TX does not receive an Interbasin Transfer
Permit, SRA-LA may enter into agreement with SRA-TX to purchase up to 300,000 acre-feet per year for lake-level mitigation and to balance operational budgets
Water Supply vs. Hydroelectric CONCLUSION
• Extensive Financial and Environmental Analysis have been conducted
• Minimal Environmental Impact and Substantial Economic and Social Benefits
• Consistent with purposes for which Toledo Bend was constructed
• Consistent with the public trust mandate of Article IX, 1 of the Louisiana Constitution