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About Tapoco-APGI
Tapoco is a division of Alcoa Power Generating Inc. (APGI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Alcoa Inc. The Tapoco Division of APGI supplies electric power to Alcoa’s Tennessee Operations, an aluminum smelting and rolling mill, located in Alcoa, Tennessee.
Tapoco owns and operates the Tapoco Project, a four development hydroelectric project located on the Little Tennessee and Cheoah Rivers in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. The four developments that comprise the Project are, Santeetlah, Cheoah, Calderwood, and Chilhowee.
Tapoco was created to manage the water power resources of the Little Tennessee and Cheoah River to provide power for Alcoa’s aluminum smelting and rolling operations. Alcoa has been involved in hydroelectric power development and generation in Tennessee and North Carolina since 1909. Tapoco's predecessor constructed the Cheoah Dam and Powerhouse during the period 1916-1919, the Santeetlah Development during the period 1925-1928 and the Calderwood Development during the period 1928-1930. Tapoco constructed the last of the four developments, Chilhowee, during 1955-1957. The four developments have a combined licensed capacity of 380.1 megawatts.
The Tapoco Project is operated to generate hydroelectric power for Alcoa's Tennessee Operations which have existed in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains for more than 75 years. The aluminum smelter, which uses large amounts of electric power, made its first metal in 1913. The North Plant fabricating facility opened in 1942 to help meet the aluminum needs for World War II. Today, Tennessee Operations is one of the most modern aluminum fabricating facilities in the world.
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