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Duke Energy announced its submission of the final license application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the Bad Creek Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Station in Oconee County, South Carolina.
The application, if approved, would extend the plant's operations for an additional 50 years.
Pumped storage hydro plants store and generate energy by moving water between two reservoirs at different elevations.
As part of the company's responsibility to serve nearly 860,000 retail electric customers across South Carolina, Duke Energy needs to not only build large amounts of new generation but also extend the lives of those proven workhorse facilities like Bad Creek and the company's existing nuclear fleet to support the economic success and growth the state is experiencing, company officials said.
Duke Energy recently completed upgrades to the four units at the Bad Creek pumped storage facility in Salem, South Carolina.
The upgrades add a total of 320 megawatts of carbon-free energy to the company's system, increasing the total capacity of the station to 1,680 megawatts.
The current operating license for the project expires in July 2027 and Duke Energy consulted with more than 70 stakeholders to propose a new license that would run for another 50 years.
Duke Energy expects a decision on our operating license application from FERC in 2027, before the original license expires.
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