Keowee
Hydro power plant · Pickens County, South Carolina
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
- County
- Pickens County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.58%
- Rank among hydro plants in South Carolina
- #6 of 32
- EIA plant code
- 6517
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 79 MW | 76 MW | 1971 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 79 MW | 76 MW | 1971 | 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
| Saluda Lexington | Hydro | 207 MW |
| Hagood | Natural gas | 177 MW |
| Jefferies | Hydro | 145 MW |
| Lone Star Solar | Solar | 132 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 158 MW solar plant and a 158 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