Neal Shoals
Hydro power plant · Union County, South Carolina
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
- County
- Union County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among hydro plants in South Carolina
- #21 of 32
- EIA plant code
- 3289
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 2005 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 2005 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 2005 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 2005 | 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
| Mohea Solar Energy Center, LLC | Solar | 5.0 MW |
| Edison Solar | Solar | 4.8 MW |
| Cherokee Falls | Hydro | 4.3 MW |
| Horry Land Fill Gas Site | Other | 4.2 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 4.4 MW solar plant and a 4.4 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