Thorpe
Tuckasegee, North Carolina
- Capacity
- 21.6 MW
- Status
- Operating
- Fuel
- Hydroelectric
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
- City
- Tuckasegee
- County
- Jackson County
- State
- North Carolina
- Operational date
- October 1941
- Balancing authority
- DUK
Thorpe is a 21.6 MW hydroelectric power plant in Tuckasegee, North Carolina. Operated by Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, it has been operating since 1941. The facility is located in Jackson County, within the DUK balancing authority.
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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA-860M)