Tentative Schedule for Turbine Operation Date Start Hour Number of Units 3/8/2008 12:00 AM 0 3/9/2008 12:00 AM 0 3/10/2008 12:00 AM 0 3/10/2008 5:00 AM 3 3/10/2008 10:00 PM 0
That is a lot, but it is keeping with the variance. They are allowed to be up to 3 feet above winter pool until they hit full pool ... then follow normal levels assuming they can through summer. We are still in decent shape compared to last year. We should have a pretty good level all summer.
As of 12:44 this afternoon, the turbine releases are gone. Maybe they are re-thinking the volume. Or just messing around to see if they can get us stirred up.
I asked the reservoir management officials at APCo during a meeting in B'Ham last Thursday if there were any plans to have major releases from Martin during the upcoming week. They said "NO". If the next weather front on the horizon causes them to adjust system storage as necessary, they will do so.