FERC issues 30-year hydroelectric license on Keowee River for Duke Energy

Federal regulators have issued Duke Energy a new 30-year license for its Keowee-Toxaway Hydroelectric Project, which includes Duke’s 710-megawatt Jocassee Pumped Storage Station. It’s the first relicensing for the project in Upstate South Carolina. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the initial 50-year license in 1966. Duke has been working with community, environmental and local government groups on the relicensing proposal since 2011. It filed its formal application in August 2014. Cooling…

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