Dominion Energy's Hydro License Faces Environmental Comment Deadline
Published Date: 10/13/2026
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Summary
Dominion Energy South Carolina wants a new license to keep running its Stevens Creek Hydroelectric Project on federal land in South Carolina and Georgia. The government is now reviewing the environmental impact and asking the public to share their thoughts by December 6, 2026. This process could affect local communities and the environment, with decisions coming early next year.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Public comment period opened for license
You can file comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions about Dominion Energy's new major license application for the Stevens Creek Hydroelectric Project by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 6, 2026; reply comments are due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on January 20, 2027.
Project will keep lake levels within set range
Dominion Energy proposes to continue operating the project as a re-regulating facility and to maintain normal Stevens Creek reservoir elevation fluctuations between 183.0 feet NGVD and 187.5 feet NGVD while mitigating downstream effects of releases from the upstream J. Strom Thurmond Project.
Chota Drive recreation site to be removed
Dominion Energy proposes to update its recreation management plan to include the removal of the Chota Drive recreation site, which currently provides bank fishing, a non-motorized boat launch, and a gravel parking lot sized for two vehicles.
Environmental monitoring and fish protections proposed
The applicant proposes multiple environmental measures including installing dissolved oxygen and temperature sensors at existing USGS gages; providing upstream American eel passage, conducting eel siting studies, and developing an adaptive fish passage plan; continuing annual shoreline surveys and annual funding for fish loss from entrainment; developing an erosion control plan; and implementing a water quality adaptive management plan and a draft historic properties management plan.
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