Bad Creek
Hydro power plant · Oconee County, South Carolina
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Hydroelectric Pumped Storage
- Operator
- Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
- County
- Oconee County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 6.17%
- Rank among hydro plants in South Carolina
- #1 of 32
- EIA plant code
- 7125
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hydroelectric Pumped Storage | 420 MW | 420 MW | 1991 | Operating |
| 2 | Hydroelectric Pumped Storage | 420 MW | 420 MW | 1991 | Operating |
| 3 | Hydroelectric Pumped Storage | 420 MW | 420 MW | 1991 | Operating |
| 4 | Hydroelectric Pumped Storage | 420 MW | 420 MW | 1991 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in South Carolina
| Cross | Coal | 2,452 MW |
| Catawba | Nuclear | 2,410 MW |
| Winyah | Coal | 1,276 MW |
| John S Rainey | Natural gas | 1,154 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 1,680 MW solar plant and a 1,680 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All South Carolina power plants · What South Carolina actually generates