Split Vote Clears Way for $2.5B Duke Energy Plant in Anderson Co.

Split vote clears way for $2.5B Duke Energy plant in Anderson Co.

ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) - After over an hour of public comment and debate, Anderson County Council gave final approval to a tax agreement with Duke Energy, clearing the way for a more than $2 billion natural gas power plant. The final decision was not unanimous. Council members Cindy Wilson, Jimmy Davis, and Greg Elgin [...]

County to Vote on New Duke Gas Plant Final Reading Tuesday — The Anderson Observer

Greg Wilson/Anderson ObserverAnderson County Council will meet Tuesday a 6:30 p.m. with the most consequential business involving an agreement with Duke Energy, whose proposed $2.5 billion gas combined-cycle plant, which includes a fee-in-lieu agreement for the project, which will bring about 30 jobs (at salaries mostly in excess of $100,000), and a projected annual payroll of $3.1 million that would, over 40 years, pour $702 million into county…