Anderson County, SC Offers Duke Energy Tax Break for Gas-Fired Plant

In June, Duke Energy announced that it plans to apply to the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSCSC) to build a 1,400 megawatt gas-fired power plant in Anderson County (see Duke Energy Announces New 1,400-MW Gas-Fired Plant for Anderson, SC). It will be a natural gas combined-cycle generating facility with hydrogen capability. Given that Williams' Transco pipeline passes through Anderson County with interconnections to both Kinder Morgan's Elba Express Pipeline and Berkshire Hathaway's Carolina Gas Transmission pipeline, it's a sure bet that Marcellus/Utica molecules will feed this new beast. Anderson County Council voted yesterday to give the Duke project a tax break to ensure it gets built in their county and not somewhere else.

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