BAD CREEK

How BAD CREEK compares

With 1,065 MW of capacity, BAD CREEK ranks 6th among the 83 operating power plants Bywatts maps in South Carolina and is the largest of the 28 operating Hydro plants in the state. It accounts for about 32% of South Carolina's operating Hydro capacity and 4.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 15th-largest of the 1,243 operating Hydro plants in the database. Commissioned in 1991, it is newer than 57% of the 82 operating South Carolina plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC, runs 15 operating plants in South Carolina totaling 8,471 MW. It shares Oconee County with 3 other operating plants, including OCONEE and SENECA CITY OF.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 1,680 MW of nameplate capacity, all hydroelectric pumped storage technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 1,065 MW). The plant was a net consumer of electricity in 2024 (-545 GWh), which is typical of pumped storage.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 500 kV line owned by DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC, under 0.1 miles away. Another 11 operating power plants totaling 3,527 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is OCONEE (2,667 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Netriplex in Asheville, about 41.5 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology