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- ↑ "Walter Bouldin Dam - Alabama Power". www.alabamapower.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-15.
- ↑ "Lake Jordan Statistics".
- ↑ "Coosa Project - Alabama Power". www.alabamapower.com. Archived from the original on 2007-05-03.
- ↑ "584 F2d 750 Alabama Power Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission". 27 November 1978. p. 750.
