Saluda Lexington
Hydro power plant · Lexington County, South Carolina
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
- County
- Lexington County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.76%
- Rank among hydro plants in South Carolina
- #5 of 32
- EIA plant code
- 3293
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 68 MW | 66 MW | 1971 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 42 MW | 35 MW | 1930 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 33 MW | 33 MW | 1930 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 33 MW | 33 MW | 1930 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 33 MW | 33 MW | 1930 | 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
| Darlington County | Natural gas | 316 MW |
| McMeekin | Natural gas | 294 MW |
| Hagood | Natural gas | 177 MW |
| Keowee | Hydro | 158 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 207 MW solar plant and a 207 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