Lake Martin Topics: Reasons for Low Water on LML

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	Name:	Chris -
	Subject:	Reasons for Low Water on LML
	Date:	6/21/2011 11:29:40 AM

"The flow of the Coosa River is dictated by the Corp of Engineers and not Alabama Power."

To some extent I believe this to be true, but I am pretty sure that the Corp approves guidelines set forth by APCO. APCO controls the dams and is supposed to operate them in accordance with the guidelines or rule curves approved by the Corp. These guidelines do not dictate when APCO can run turbines, they only give very broad ranges of operation. Please correct me if I am wrong.

In the past couple of years I have noted large volumes of releases from LM dam at what are typically non-peak demand hours and at periods when LM is well below the rule curve. This is not at the Corps direction.