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Richard B. Russell Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant
69th-largest grid storage in United States of 101 · top 75% worldwide (#717 of 965)
- Operator
- US Army Corps of Engineers - Savannah District
- Owner
- US Army Corps of Engineers - Savannah District
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 328 MW
- Technology
- pumped storage
- Commissioned
- 2002
- 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
- #67Great Divide Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant399 MW
- #68Swan Lake North hydroelectric plant393 MW
- #69Richard B. Russell Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant328 MW
- #70Elephant Rock Pumped hydroelectric plant318 MW
- #71John W Keys III hydroelectric plant314 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Richard B. Russell Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant0 m · Power Plant · 328 MW · hydro
- Richard B. Russell hydroelectric plant0 m · Power Plant · 300 MW · hydro
- Timberland Solar21 km · Power Plant · 140 MW · solar
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Watercourse: Savannah River
SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power, March 2026 (CC BY 4.0)