Bartletts Ferry Project
The current Bartletts Ferry license expires December 14, 2014. Georgia Power began the process to relicense this hydropower plant using the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Integrated Licensing Process (ILP) in 2008.
Numerous studies are currently underway to support licensing requirements. These include reviews of geology and soils, water resources, fish, wildlife and botanical resources, and cultural resources. The formal license application will be filed in 2012.
Bartletts Ferry is immediately upstream of Georgia Power's Middle Chattahoochee Project, which is comprised of the smaller Goat Rock, Oliver, and North Highlands projects. The Middle Chattahoochee project (FERC Project 2177) was issued a new FERC license in December 2004.
The Bartletts Ferry Project has a maximum generating capacity of 197.9 megawatts. Georgia Power currently operates the project in a modified run-of-river mode primarily to generate peak power and support downstream flow requirements of the Middle Chattahoochee Project. The project's reservoir, Lake Harding, has 5,850 acres of surface area at full pond and 156 miles of shoreline.
