Toledo Bend Project on the Sabine River

Operations

Rules, regulations, financial management and operation of the Project are directed by the Operating Board which is comprised of two board members from SRA-LA Board of Commissioners and two board members from SRA-TX Board of Directors. The General Manager of SRA-TX and the Executive Director of SRA-LA serve on the Operating Board as ex officio members. The initial costs for the construction of the Project were shared equally by the two Authorities, and they continue to share in the operating cost; therefore, each state is entitled to fifty percent of the income from the sale of power generated at the facility. Management of matters relating to the reservoir, dam, spillway and power plant are handled jointly with each state managing its own shoreline and recreation activities.

Project Description

The Toledo Bend Project (FERC No. 2305) is jointly owned by the Sabine River Authority of Texas (SRA-TX) and the Sabine River Authority, State of Louisiana (SRA-LA). The Toledo Bend Reservoir, at 185,000 acres, is the largest man-made reservoir in the South. Toledo Bend has over 1,200 miles of shoreline; 503 miles in Louisiana and 762 miles in Texas. The storage capacity of the reservoir is over 4,477,000 acre feet; and it stretches more than 65 miles in length reaching from the dam to the north end of the reservoir near Logansport, Louisiana.

The reservoir reached a top elevation of 172.51' mean sea level (msl) on July 22, 2007. At that time the power house had both generating units running twenty-four hours per day and five spillway gates were open one foot each with a total combined release of approximately 20,000 cfs. This continued for nineteen days until the reservoir had dropped to an elevation of 172.03' msl; and then all spillway gates were closed and the regular generating schedule was resumed.

In June the Toledo Bend Project Joint Operation (TBPJO) and the power companies agreed to an Amendment to the Power Sales Agreement. This Amendment increases the hydroelectric rate and allows the reservoir to be operated at a higher elevation. In the past the bottom of the power pool was 162.2' msl, now it is 168.0' msl.

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