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| Oct. 6, 2017 |
Learn more about our emergency action plans for coal ash facilities. Ash basins continue to operate safely and are highly regulated. Removing water and permanently closing basins, work that is already planned or underway, adds an additional margin of safety. Inundation maps are planning tools that illustrate a worst-case scenario and depict the areas that could be impacted in the unlikely event of a complete dam failure. |
| 08/10/2017 |
Using the secondary haul route until road repair work on the primary route is completed. |
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07/12/2017 |
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05/11/2017 |
Neighbor postcard about noise associated with the new plant construction. |
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04/17/2017 |
Using the secondary haul route while SCDOT does work on Cooley Bridge Road. We will use this route for the duration of the SCDOT construction. |
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04/13/2017 |
Using the secondary transportation route this afternoon due to large house fire along primary route. |
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04/06/2017 |
Using secondary transportation route due to downed power line on Hwy. 86. |
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03/29/2017 |
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03/27/2017 |
Using secondary route due to a major accident on Hwy 86 causing stopped traffic. |
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03/20/2017 |
Due to construction on Hwy 86 and several accidents backing up traffic, we will be using the secondary route until conditions improve. |
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02/23/2017 |
Coal ash trucks are using the secondary route until the SCDOT can repair a damaged asphalt area in the right lane driving east on Beech Springs Road. |
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01/20/2017 |
Due to construction at the intersection of Hwy 25 and Hwy 86, we will be using the secondary truck route until the turn lanes are available again. |
W.S. Lee Station
Capacity: 750 megawatts
Location: Anderson County, S.C.
Commercial Date: 2018
Status: Operating
Named after a distinguished engineer, the William States Lee Station in Anderson County, S.C., includes a new 750-megawatt combined-cycle natural gas plant, a 180-megawatt natural gas boiler and two dual-fuel 42-megawatt simple-cycle units. Combined, the station generates about 1,000 megawatts of energy.
The new natural gas plant started serving customers in April 2018 and benefits 2.5 million customers in the Carolinas.
In 2014, Duke Energy retired two 1960s-era coal-fired units at the station and converted a third unit (mentioned above) to natural gas in 2015.
Though Duke Energy no longer operates any coal-fired plants in South Carolina, the company continues to manage two coal ash basins, an inactive basin from the 1950s, a structural fill and an ash fill area at the site.
These storage units historically held about 3.2 million tons of ash. The company has accelerated its ash basin closure work across the fleet. In September 2014, the company announced plans to excavate the inactive basin and fill area to a fully lined solution. Since May 2015, this ash has been safely transported to the R&B Landfill in Homer, Ga., and this work was completed, as expected, in 2017. In December 2015, the company announced the primary basin, secondary basin and structural fill would also be excavated. The company is working on permitting an on-site, fully lined landfill to permanently manage this ash.
Have a Question? Email your questions to:
CoalAshQuestions@duke-energy.com
W. S. Lee Steam Station
W. S. Lee Steam Station
W. S. Lee Steam Station
W. S. Lee Steam Station
W. S. Lee Steam Station
Plant Happenings
Information included in recent neighbor updates, along with work and progress at the site.
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June 1, 2018 |
Duke Energy hosted a community event to celebrate the grand opening of the new combined-cycle natural gas plant. More than 150 people attended, including President and CEO Lynn Good, who offered remarks. |
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April 5, 2018 |
The new 750-megawatt combined-cycle natural gas plant started serving customers. The energy generated from this plant helps power the lives of customers in South Carolina and North Carolina. Construction of the plant started in March 2015. |
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12/20/2016
Due to construction at the intersection of Hwy 25 and Hwy 86, we will be using the secondary truck route this week.
Oct - Dec, 2016
Tree clearing and grading on the opposite side of Lee Steam Plant Road across from the plant to meet the SC Department of Transportation’s line-of-sight requirements and prepare for excavation of the ash fill area. One-lane closures and brief full lane closures will sometimes be needed during the work day.
08/31/2016
03/10/2016
Due to a traffic accident blocking the ramp to I-85 at exit 35, trucks will be using Hwy 8 as an alternative route to access I-85 until the accident is cleared.
01/06/2016
Due to rail crossing maintenance, trucks transporting coal ash from W.S. Lee will be detouring on Hwy 8 through West Pelzer. This route is being used safely as an official SCDOT-directed detour for our trucks only until maintenance work is complete.
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Sept - Oct, 2015
Installing new groundwater monitoring wells on plant property. Work should not affect neighbors, but may be visible. All work will be done during daylight hours.
06/26/2015
Primary route change for coal ash removal
05/07/2015
Save the date card for W.S. Lee ash management community open house.
05/07/2015
03/10/2015
Invitation to W.S. Lee Natural Gas Combined Cycle Facility community update.
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