Mountain Island
Mount Holly, North Carolina
- Capacity
- 60 MW
- Status
- Operating
- Fuel
- Hydroelectric
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
- City
- Mount Holly
- County
- Gaston County
- State
- North Carolina
- Operational date
- December 1923
- Balancing authority
- DUK
Mountain Island is a 60 MW hydroelectric power plant in Mount Holly, North Carolina. Operated by Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, it has been operating since 1923. The facility is located in Gaston County, within the DUK balancing authority.
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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA-860M)