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South Carolina

2,544,000
Conventional Hydropower in MWh
98,390,000
Total Electricity in MWh
7,256,000
Total Renewable Energy in MWh
3%
Hydro as a % of the Total Energy
35%
Hydro as a % of the Renewable Energy
35
Total Powered Dams
Jocassee

Ownership: Non-federal

Type: PS

Hydropower Megawatts: 0

Pumped Storage Megawatts : 774

Bad Creek

Ownership: Non-federal

Type: PS

Hydropower Megawatts: 0

Pumped Storage Megawatts : 1296

Fairfield Pumped Storage

Ownership: Non-federal

Type: PS

Hydropower Megawatts: 0

Pumped Storage Megawatts : 511.2

FINGERVILLE

Permittee: SPARTANBURG WATER SYSTEM

Type of Permit: Conventional Permit

Authorized Capacity (MW): 1.5

Waterway : PACOLET RIVER

NEW SAVANNAH BLUFF LOCK & DAM

Permittee: "ENERGY RESOURCES USA, INC"

Type of Permit: Conventional Permit

Authorized Capacity (MW): 8

Waterway : SAVANNAH RIVER

99 Islands

Owner: "Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 12

Bad Creek

Owner: "Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC"

Type: Pumped Storage

Capacity : 1392

Boyds Mill Hydro

Owner: Northbrook Carolina Hydro LLC

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 1.4

Buzzard Roost

Owner: "Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 15

Cedar Creek

Owner: "Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 45

Cherokee Falls

Owner: "CHEROKEE FALLS HYDRO PROJECT, LLC"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 4.3

Clifton Dam 3 Power Station

Owner: Converse Energy Inc

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 1.2

Columbia Canal

Owner: City of Columbia SC

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 10.6

Coneross Dam

Owner: Coneross Power Corp

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.889

Dearborn

Owner: "Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 45

Fairfield

Owner: South Carolina Electric&Gas Co

Type: Pumped Storage

Capacity : 587.2

Fishing Creek

Owner: "Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 42.3

Gaston Shoals

Owner: "Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 6.7

Great Falls

Owner: "Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 12

Hollidays Bridge

Owner: Northbrook Carolina Hydro LLC

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 4

J Strom Thurmond

Owner: USCE-Savannah District

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 361.9

Jefferies

Owner: South Carolina Pub Serv Auth

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 145.2

Jocassee

Owner: "Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC"

Type: Pumped Storage

Capacity : 774

Keowee

Owner: "Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 157.6

Lockhart

Owner: Lockhart Power Co

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 18

Neal Shoals

Owner: South Carolina Electric&Gas Co

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 4.4

Pacolet

Owner: Lockhart Power Company

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 1.1

Parr

Owner: South Carolina Electric&Gas Co

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 15

Pelzer Lower

Owner: Pelzer Hydro Co Inc

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 3.3

Pelzer Upper

Owner: "CHI West, Inc."

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 2

Piedmont Hydro Power Project

Owner: Aquenergy Systems Inc

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 1

Rocky River

Owner: Abbeville City of

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 2.6

Saluda

Owner: Northbrook Carolina Hydro LLC

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 2.4

Saluda

Owner: South Carolina Electric&Gas Co

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 207.3

Santee

Owner: South Carolina Pub Serv Auth

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 2

Spartanburg Water System

Owner: Spartanburg Commissioners PW

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 1

St Stephen

Owner: US Army Corps of Engineers

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 84

Ware Shoals Hydro Project

Owner: Aquenergy Systems Inc

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 6.2

Wateree

Owner: "Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 90.5

Wylie

Owner: "Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 60

SCNONAME 28033

Water Source: CAMP CREEK

Potential Capacity (MW): 4.881001

States: SC

Secondary State : SC

H TAYLOR BLALOCK RES DAM

Water Source: PACOLET RIVER

Potential Capacity (MW): 1.378558

States: SC

Secondary State : SC

PACOLET MILLS POND #2 DAM

Water Source: PACOLET RIVER

Potential Capacity (MW): 0.666225

States: SC

Secondary State : SC

WOODSIDE MILLS DAM #2

Water Source: TWELVEMILE CREEK

Potential Capacity (MW): 0.589371

States: SC

Secondary State : SC

WOODSIDE MILLS DAM #1

Water Source: TWELVEMILE CREEK

Potential Capacity (MW): 0.5797

States: SC

Secondary State : SC