Bad Creek Pumped Storage Generating Facility

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Owner/Operator :
Duke Energy Inc.

The Bad Creek Hydroelectric Station is a 1,065-megawatt pumped-storage facility located in Oconee County, eight miles north of Salem, South Carolina. The four-unit station began generating electricity in 1991, and is the largest hydroelectric station on the Duke Energy system. It is named for the two streams, Bad Creek and West Bad Creek, which were dammed to create the Bad Creek reservoir.

The Bad Creek facility two reservoirs (or lakes) to generate electricity: an upper reservoir and a lower reservoir. Water stored in an upper lake is released into underground power tunnels. The water rushes down the tunnels, driving huge turbines, which are underground at the base of a dam. The spinning turbines are connected to large generators, which produce the electricity. The water then flows through draft tubes into a lower lake.

Capacity: 1,065 megawatts
Location: Oconee County, South Carolina
Commercial Date: 1991

x4 Hydro-electic Turb.(Hydro Dynamic powered) Gen. set
= 1, 065 MW max total Gen. Capacity

Bad Creek, oconee County, SC

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