We are not huge, not be any stretch of the imagination.
We are just "pretty" and well taken care of by Georgia Power, 1 of the main parts of the N.Y.S.E.-listed blue chip, The Southern Companies (utility).
We are "about" 20 miles from 1 end to the other, 19,000 acres in surface area (or 29.77 square miles), and about 376 miles of shoreline, and our average mean water depth is approx 21 feet.
Because we are a "pump back reservoir" our water depth varies less than 18" a day. They use the water for extremely CHEAP power generation if additional is required.
The next morning, when Ga. Pwr has excess capacity, they run a little power back into those generators @ Wallace Dam, which separates Lake Oconee and Lake Sinclair,
and the generators then become PUMPS which take water FROM Lake Sinclair and put it back into Oconee.
Georgia Power's LAST lake in Georgia was and will always be Lake Oconee. It is PRIMARILY a fishery for Bass, stripers, crappie, and catfish.
They flooded what was farm land in 1979 after Wallace Dam (between Lake Oconee and our sister lake, Lake Sinclair) was completed.
Georgia Power "Land Management" ( and they have this for all of their 15 or so Lakes in Georgia) owns 100% of all of the shoreline on Lake Oconee. On Lake Sinclair, they own many lots and the home owners pay a small lease fee per year for their home to sit on Ga. Power's property.
Because Ga. Pwr owns all of the shoreline, they dictate what a) Size b) Shape and C) Location a leaseholder can have for a dock.
I have a "Max" dock. Some lots (lake frontage) are so small they can only have a dwarf dock (not much at all.)
They also govern whether you can have a lift, or can it be covered.
Boat Houses are prohibited.
Ad so, they is our little Slice of Heaven. Hope someone enjoyed reading this.
Have a GREAT DAY now ! My Best, Mikey