Wateree Hydro
Hydro power plant · Kershaw County, South Carolina
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
- County
- Kershaw County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.33%
- Rank among hydro plants in South Carolina
- #8 of 32
- EIA plant code
- 3270
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 18 MW | 17 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 18 MW | 17 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 18 MW | 17 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 18 MW | 17 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| 5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 18 MW | 6.0 MW | 2019 | 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
| Eastover Solar | Solar | 92 MW |
| Florence Mill | Other | 92 MW |
| St Stephen | Hydro | 84 MW |
| Allora Solar, LLC | Solar | 75 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 91 MW solar plant and a 91 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