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Duke Energy Corporation (holding Company) — Investor Presentation (August 2019)
23 slides from Duke Energy Corporation (holding Company)'s investor presentation, August 2019
Slide 1: Building Hydro at Keowee-Toxaway
Building Hydro at Keowee-Toxaway
Slide 2: When Was Hydro Invented?
When Was Hydro Invented? The idea to power machines by harnessing the energy of water has been around for thousands of years. After electricity was discovered, scientists figured out a way to merge waterpower technology with the generation of electricity. • In the 1880s the Grand Rapids Electric Lig
Slide 3: Why Did We Need the Keowee-Toxaway Project?
Why Did We Need the Keowee-Toxaway Project? After World War II, the demand for power increased across the Piedmont. • Factories and mills were humming. • More people were moving to the region. • Everyone wanted reliable electricity to power their homes and their new-fangled air conditioners. • • Gre
Slide 4: Why Build Keowee-Toxaway Project Here?
Why Build Keowee-Toxaway Project Here? South Carolina’s geography is one of the main reasons that hydropower developed here. • Our state has a vast network of rivers and streams. • The rivers at or above the fall line work best for power generation because this is where rushing mountain rivers and s
Slide 5: What is the Keowee-Toxaway Project?
What is the Keowee-Toxaway Project? The Keowee-Toxaway Project includes two hydroelectric plants constructed on Lake Keowee and Lake Jocassee. • The project was built between 1967 and 1971. • Jocassee is the upstream development. It has a powerhouse, main dam, two intake structures and two saddle di
Slide 6: The Jocassee Plant By the Numbers
The Jocassee Plant By the Numbers Jocassee pumps water from Lake Keowee for energy storage and provides power during peak energy times. The powerhouse is unusual The spillway is used if there because the generators are outside. is a flooding emergency. 4 Reversible Turbines The dam is 385 feet high
Slide 7: Have you seen this?
Have you seen this? Building Jocassee Hydro Project c. 1971 Images courtesy: Duke Energy Archives
Slide 8: Have you seen this?
Have you seen this? Jocassee Dam all finished. Image courtesy: Duke Energy Archives
Slide 9: The Keowee Plant By the Numbers
The Keowee Plant By the Numbers Keowee serves as a back-up power supply for the Oconee Nuclear Station. The powerhouse contains the The spillway is a 176-foot-wide generators, turbines, access galleries, channel which controls waterflow and mechanical equipment. from the upstream side of the dam. 2
Slide 10: Have you seen this?
Have you seen this? Building Keowee Hydro Project c. 1968 Images courtesy: Duke Energy Archives
Slide 11: Have you seen this?
Have you seen this? Keowee Dam all finished. Image courtesy: Duke Energy Archives
Slide 12: What are Lake Jocassee and Lake Keowee like today?
What are Lake Jocassee and Lake Keowee like today? Duke Energy invested money to build recreational areas around the lakes and provided the land for Keowee-Toxaway State Park, Devil’s Fort State Park, and Camp Cedar Creek. • At the parks you can hike, camp, rent a cabin, canoe and kayak. • You can s
Slide 13: Lake Jocassee By the Numbers
Lake Jocassee By the Numbers Duke Energy invested money in recreational areas and donated land for Devils Fork State Park. 1,100 10 Number of feet above sea level Number of miles long 7,980 351 Number of acres Maximum feet deep Image courtesy: Duke Energy
Slide 14: Lake Keowee By the Numbers
Lake Keowee By the Numbers Duke Energy invested money in recreational areas and donated land for Keowee-Toxaway State Park and Camp Cedar Creek. 800 22 Number of feet above sea level Number of miles long 17,600 154 Number of acres Maximum feet deep Image courtesy: Greg Lucas/SCDNR
Slide 15: Did You Know?
Did You Know? World of Energy Duke Energy opened the World of Energy to provide visitors with a fun and interactive way to learn about electricity and how it is made from water, coal, uranium, wind and sun. The science center is located on Lake Keowee so there is lots to do outside too like picnicki
Slide 16: What Was Here Before Hydro?
What Was Here Before Hydro? The Keowee and Jocassee valleys remained rural into well into the 20th century. • In the 19th century wealthy Lowcountry planters built summer homes in the mountains to escape the heat. • Most permanent residents were relatively poor. • In the 20th century timbering, agri
Slide 17: When Did Tourism Start?
When Did Tourism Start? The area’s waterfalls and beautiful scenery made it a popular tourist destination as early as the 1900s. • In the early 1900s there were several hotels and inns at Jocassee. • Brown’s Hotel became Whitewater Inn and the Camp Jocassee. • Camp Jocassee was established in 1922 t
Slide 18: Did You Know?
Did You Know? Summer Camp Movement The summer camp movement started in the late 19th century, when Americans began to worry about their children growing up in cities away from nature and fresh air. The first camp at Jocassee was established in 1922.
Slide 19: What Do People Remember?
What Do People Remember? “I remember the first time I saw Jocassee in 1925. I came around to the bridge at the Girl’s Camp and saw Whitewater river. I thought it was one of the prettiest sights that I had ever seen.” Iris Lovinggood Whitmire, Teacher, 2003 Image courtesy: Greg Lucas/SCDNR
Slide 20: What Do People Remember?
What Do People Remember? “When I hear Jocassee mentioned today, the gorgeous lake and its many amenities are not what come to mind. Instead, I recall the days of my childhood and the fond memories of growing up in the valley that is now more than three hundred feet under water.” Claudia Whitmire Hem
Slide 21: What Do People Remember?
What Do People Remember? “Even though it was a hard life, we had a good life. It was a stable, healthy environment.” Homer Whitmire Sr., 2003 Image courtesy: Greg Lucas/SCDNR
Slide 22: What Do People Remember?
What Do People Remember? “It would be impossible to give all the names of people who have grown up in Jocassee Valley or of those who have spent summers there and learned to love it. But all of those who spent summers there have lingering memories and a kind of nostalgia for the wildflowers and the
Slide 23: Exhibit developed by Duke Energy for Keowee-Toxaway relicensing
This exhibit has been developed and provided by Duke Energy as part of the Relicensing Agreement for the Keowee-Toxaway Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project #2503. Special thanks to South Carolina Parks and Recreation and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources for their assistanc