Duke Energy expects to spend between $5 million and $6 million upgrading recreation at the company’s lakes in Oconee County by December 2015.

That’s part of the recreation management plan, according to Duke officials, devised after months of study of the present and future recreational needs of Lakes Keowee and Jocassee.

Duke Energy presented the Final Keowee Toxaway Recreation Management Plan on January 29, 2009 at 6:00pm in the Duke World Of Energy Auditorium. The final RMP was filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on December 23, 2008.

Upon approval of the RMP by FERC, Duke will implement the plan to guide management of existing public recreation resources on Lake Keowee and Lake Jocassee through the remainder of the current FERC license term which  expires in 2016. The plan provides a robust schedule for development of  numerous recreation facility enhancements by the end of 2015 at the Duke  access areas, county parks, and state parks surrounding the lakes.

The plan is available on the WEB at:

http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/OpenNat.asp?fileID=11885871