USDA Clears Path for South Carolina Power Line
Published Date: 6/30/2025
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Summary
The USDA’s Rural Utilities Service has finished its environmental review for Central Electric Power Cooperative’s new 115 kV power line project in South Carolina. This green light lets the loan and engineering checks move forward, but it’s not a final loan approval yet. If all goes well, this project could bring better electricity to the area, with decisions and funding coming soon.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
NEPA Review Cleared for 115 kV Line
The USDA Rural Utilities Service issued a Record of Decision concluding the environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act for Central Electric Power Cooperative’s proposed McClellanville 115 kilovolt (kV) transmission line in South Carolina. The ROD is effective upon signing and allows loan, financial, and engineering reviews to proceed toward possible project decisions.
ROD Is Not Loan or Funding Approval
The Record of Decision is not a decision on Central Electric’s loan application and is not an approval to expend federal funds. Loan approval still depends on the conclusion of financial and engineering analyses before any federal funding or final project approvals occur.
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