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Buzzard Roost P-1267

General information

Waterway  Saluda River
Current status   Active license 
Type of facility Conventional Hydro
Mode of hydropower generation Peaking
Type of permit FERC License

FERC information

FERC docket # P-1267
FERC project name Buzzards Roost
Permit issued 12/13/95
Permit expiration 11/26/35

Ownership and operation

Owner Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Owner type Investor-Owned Utility
Year first online (conventional hydro) 1940
Transmission or distribution system owner Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

Power and generating capacity

Number of units 3
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant 15.0 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation 20,845.2 MWH

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