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Duke Power Modifies Shoreline Management Plan

CHARLOTTE-The utility is being criticized for an updated version of its 1994 shoreline management plan. Critics charge that the program comes up short environmentally.

By Robert Anthony | Updated on January 16, 2001

CHARLOTTE-According to published reports, local government and citizen groups say the power utility’s modified plan does not provide adequate environmental protection of the fast-developing Catawba River Lakes region.

The new version of the plan will provide the guidelines that Duke will adhere to when deciding where to allow piers, marinas and dredging along roughly 1,600 miles of shore. The plan increases from 15% to 24% the total amount of shoreline Duke classifies as environmental or natural areas unsuited to development. It also specifies for future commercial or residential development another 22% of the shoreline that had been classified as undeveloped.

According to published reports, Duke claims its new plan is based on various consulting results, studies and public input. But those that oppose the plan argue that Duke has simply followed orders from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to assess development in terms of protecting the project’s environmental resources.

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