Channel 9′s Michelle Alfini got an inside look at one of the dams and explains what’s at stake when the energy company opens ...

When Duke Energy opened four floodgates at Cowans Ford Dam last fall, it made headlines. On that September day, water surged ...

During a massive rainstorm, water must make it through the Catawba River System from Lake James in the mountains to Lake Wateree, north of Columbia. Duke Energy manages how quickly water flows ...

“This system, the Catawba-Wateree, was not built for flood management,” said Bryan Walsh, Duke Energy’s VP of Carolina’s Regulated Renewables and Lake Services. That’s one of the main ...

When Duke Energy opened four floodgates at Cowans Ford Dam last fall, it made headlines. On that September day, water surged into Mountain Island Lake, flooding the lake and nearby neighborhoods.

Aaron Dale, director of the regulated renewables operating center, states, “Forecasting is not an exact science; it’s difficult to predict where the water will end up.” This was in response ...