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Fairfield hydroelectric plant
42nd-largest grid storage in United States of 101 · top 63% worldwide (#605 of 965)
- Operator
- Dominion Energy South Carolina
- Owner
- Dominion Energy South Carolina Inc
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 587 MW
- Technology
- pumped storage
- Commissioned
- 1978
- Also listed as
- A power plant — this site generates as well as stores
Comparable grid storages · United States · 101 ranked
- #1Red Lake Pumped hydroelectric plant3.0 GW
- #40Twitchell Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant600 MW
- #41Whale Rock Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant600 MW
- #42Fairfield hydroelectric plant587 MW
- #43Soldier Camp Pumped hydroelectric plant550 MW
- #44Badger Mountain Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant500 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Fairfield hydroelectric plant0 m · Power Plant · 587 MW · hydro
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Watercourse: Broad River
SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power, March 2026 (CC BY 4.0)