North Carolina's Raeford Dam Slated for Shutdown and Removal Without Major Issues
Published Date: 6/27/2025
Notice
Summary
The Lake Upchurch Dam Preservation Association wants to stop their hydroelectric project on Rockfish Creek in North Carolina and has asked for permission to do so. The government reviewed the plan and found it won’t harm the environment much. People have until August 6, 2025, to share their thoughts, and the project’s shutdown could change local energy and water use.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Dam shutdown may change local water and energy
The Lake Upchurch (Raeford) hydroelectric project on Rockfish Creek in Cumberland County, North Carolina, is proposed to be decommissioned. The notice says the project’s shutdown could change local energy and water use; comments are due by August 6, 2025 (docket P-6619-023).
FERC finds no significant environmental effect
FERC staff prepared an Environmental Assessment under NEPA for the proposed surrender and concluded the surrender would not be a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. The EA and related documents are filed under docket P-6619-023; comments are due by August 6, 2025.
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