List of power stations in Georgia (U.S. state) explained

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Georgia, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Georgia had a total summer capacity of 36,198 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 126,484 GWh.^[1] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 47% natural gas, 28.5% nuclear, 12.6% coal, 5.7% solar, 3.9% biomass, 2.1% hydroelectric, 0.1% petroleum, and 0.1% other. Distributed small-scale solar, including customer-owned photovoltaic panels, delivered an additional net 520 GWh to the state's electricity grid. This compares to 7,583 GWh generated by Georgia's utility-scale solar facilities.

Two new nuclear reactors are under construction at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant. They are the nation's first AP1000 reactors and have planned startup dates in 2023. The state has no active uranium or fossil-fuel mining operations and limited proven reserves of coal.^[2]

Nuclear power plants

Name	Nearest City	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Number of Units	Year Completed	Refs
Alvin W. Vogtle Nuclear Electric Generating Plant (Plant Vogtle)		33.1427°N -81.7625°W	align=center	4,536 (unit 4 commissioned in April)	4	1987 - Unit 1 1989 - Unit 22023 - Unit 3 2024 - Unit 4
Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Electric Generating Plant (Plant Hatch)		31.9342°N -82.3447°W	align=center	1,726	align=center	2	1975 - Unit 1 1979 - Unit 2

Fossil-fuel power plants

Coal

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Coal Type	Year Completed	Operational/Closure Date	Refs
Bowen Steam-Electric Generating Plant (Plant Bowen)		34.1231°N -84.9203°W	3,160	Coal (Bituminous)	1971 - Unit 1 1972 - Unit 2 1974 - Unit 3 1975 - Unit 4	Operational	^[3]
		33.1939°N -83.2997°W	1,540	Coal (Bituminous)	1954 - Unit 1 1954 - Unit 2 1955 - Unit 3 1970 - Unit 4	Closed - 2015	^[4]
William P. Hammond Steam-Electric Generating Plant (Plant Hammond)		34.2513°N -85.3466°W	953	Coal (Bituminous)	1965 - Unit 1 1967 - Unit 2 1968 - Unit 3 1969 - Unit 4	Closed - 2019	^[5]
Kraft Steam-Electric Generating Plant (Plant Kraft)		32.1486°N -81.1458°W	208	Coal (Bituminous)	1958 - Unit 1 1961 - Unit 2 1965 - Unit 3	Closed - 2015	^[6]
John J. McDonough Steam-Electric Generating Plant (Plant McDonough)		33.8228°N -84.4757°W	598	Coal (Bituminous)	1963 - Unit 1 1964 - Unit 2	Closed - 2011-2012	^[7]
McIntosh Steam Plant (Plant McIntosh/Effingham Steam Plan)		33.8228°N -84.4757°W	178	Coal (Bituminous)	1979 - Unit 1	Closed - 2019	^[8]
W. E. Mitchell Steam-Electric Generating Plant (Plant Mitchell)		31.3625°N -84.1683°W	163	Coal	1964 - Unit 1	Closed - 2015	^[9]
Robert W Scherer Power Plant (Plant Scherer)		33.0625°N -83.8039°W	3,520	Coal (Sub-bituminous)	1982 - Unit 1 1984 - Unit 2 1987 - Unit 3 1989 - Unit 4	Partially operational - Unit 4 (880 MW) closed in 2021	^[10] ^[11]
Hal B. Wansley Power Plant (Plant Wansley)		33.4133°N -85.0325°W	1,904	Coal (Bituminous)	1976 - Unit 1 1978 - Unit 2	Closed - 2022	^[12] ^[13]
Eugene A. Yates Steam-Electric Generating Plant			681	Coal (Bituminous)	1950 - Unit 1 1950 - Unit 2 1952 - Unit 3 1957 - Unit 4 1958 - Unit 5	Closed - 2015	^[14] ^[15]

Two dual-use Units 1 and 2 (also known as SG01 and SG02) can be fueled either by bituminous coal or by oil.

Natural Gas

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Generation Type	Year Completed	Operational/ Closure Date	Refs
AL Sandersville		33.1189°N -82.8608°W	576.4	Simple Cycle (x8)	2002	Operational
Baconton		31.3869°N -84.08°W	196	Simple Cycle (x4)	2000	Operational	^[16]
Chattahoochee		33.4072°N -85.0386°W	457.9		2003	Operational
Dahlberg		34.0423°N -83.3977°W	756.0	Simple Cycle (x10)	2000/2001	Operational	^[17]
Doyle		33.8377°N -83.6996°W	320	Simple Cycle (x5)	2000	Operational	^[18]
Edward L Addison		32.9111°N -84.3064°W	591.7	Simple Cycle (x4)	2000	Operational
Bobby C. Smith (Effingham)		32.2773°N -81.2844°W	514.0	2x1 Combined Cycle	2003	Operational
Hartwell		34.3396°N -82.8199°W	298.1	Simple Cycle (x2)	1994	Operational	^[19]
Hawk Road	Heard County	33.3585°N -84.9114°W	456.3	Simple Cycle (x3)	2001	Operational
Jack McDonough		33.8239°N -84.4758°W	2,546.0	Simple Cycle (x2) 2x1 Combined Cycle (x3)	1971 (64MW) 2011/2012	Operational
McIntosh	Effingham County	32.3478°N -81.1817°W	1,974.8	Simple Cycle (x8) 2x1 Combined Cycle (x2)	1994 (658MW) 2005	Operational
		32.4856°N -83.6039°W	303.0	2x1 Combined Cycle	1997/1998	Operational
MPC Generating	Walton County	33.8119°N -83.6953°W	302.5	Simple Cycle (x2)	2000/2001	Operational	^[20]
Sewell Creek Energy		33.9486°N -85.2769°W	451.1	Simple Cycle (x4)	2000	Operational	^[21]
Smarr	Monroe County	32.9842°N -83.8464°W	187.4	Simple Cycle (x2)	1999	Operational	^[22]
Sowega	Mitchell County	31.3869°N -84.08°W	97	Simple Cycle (x2)	1999	Operational	^[23]
Talbot County		32.5892°N -84.6917°W	579.1	Simple Cycle (x6)	2002/2003	Operational
Tenaska Georgia	Heard County	33.3516°N -84.9996°W	945.0	Simple Cycle (x6)	2001/2002	Operational
Thomas A Smith		34.7094°N -84.9175°W	1,260.0	2x1 Combined Cycle (x2)	2002	Operational
Hal B Wansley (Plant Wansley)	Heard County	33.4034°N -85.0323°W	1,184.8	2x1 Combined Cycle (x2)	2002	Operational
Walton County	Walton County	33.8148°N -83.6954°W	454.5	Simple Cycle (x3)	2001	Operational
Wansley Unit 9	Heard County	33.4064°N -85.037°W	489.6	2x1 Combined Cycle	2004	Operational
Washington County	Washington County	33.0922°N -82.98°W	615.5	Simple Cycle (x4)	2003	Operational
Yates		33.4622°N -84.8986°W	714.0	Steam Turbine (x2)	1974	Operational
Kraft Steam-Electric Generating Plant (Plant Kraft)		32.1486°N -81.1458°W	208	Unknown - Unit 4	1958/1965	Closed - 2015

Retired alongside coal units 1-3.

Oil

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Year Completed	Operational/Closure Date	Refs
Hal B. Wansley Power Plant (Plant Wansley)	Heard County	33.4133°N -85.0325°W	52.8	1980 - 5A	Operational
Plant McManus	Glynn County				1950s - Unit 1 1950s - Unit 2	Closed - 2015	^[24] ^[25]
Allen B. Wilson Combustion Turbine Plant			354		Operational
Eugene A. Yates Steam-Electric Generating Plant			808	1974 - Unit 6 1974 - Unit 7	Operational

Renewable power plants

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Biomass and municipal waste

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Fuel	Year Completed	Refs
Albany Green Energy		31.5559°N -84.1103°W	align=center	49.5	wood/wood waste	2017
Brunswick Cellulose		31.1754°N -82.3447°W	align=center	72.2	wood/wood waste	1954/1960/ 1996
Flint River Operations		32.2544°N -84.0667°W	align=center	77.0	wood/wood waste	1980/2015
GA LFG - Oak Grove Plant		33.965°N -83.7656°W	align=center	6.3		2016
GA LFG - Pine Ridge Plant		33.2442°N -84.122°W	align=center	6.3	landfill gas	2016
GA LFG - Richland Creek Plant		34.1271°N -84.0334°W	align=center	10.5	landfill gas	2016
Georgia Pacific - Cedar Springs		31.166°N -85.0951°W	align=center	90.0	wood/wood waste	1963/1965
Graphics Packaging - Augusta Mill		33.3286°N -81.9531°W	align=center	42.8	wood/wood waste	1960/1965
GRP Franklin RE Facility		34.3761°N -83.3306°W	align=center	58.0	wood/wood waste	2019
GRP Madison RE Facility		34.0406°N -83.1929°W	align=center	58.0	wood/wood waste	2019
Inland Paperboard - Rome		34.2528°N -85.3275°W	align=center	61.0	wood/wood waste	1954/1961/ 1989
Intl Paper - Savanna Mill		32.1004°N -81.1242°W	align=center	82.7	wood/wood waste	1989
Jesup Plant		31.6593°N -81.8439°W	align=center	64.7	wood/wood waste	1954/1957/ 1971/1982
MAS ASB Cogen Plant		33.655°N -84.3944°W	align=center	6.6	landfill gas	2012
Pecan Row LFG		30.815°N -83.3625°W	align=center	6.4	landfill gas	1977/2013
PCA - Valdosta Mill	Lowndes County	30.6944°N -83.3031°W	align=center	69.9	wood/wood waste	1954/2011
Piedmont Green Power		33.0453°N -84.1256°W	align=center	55.0	wood/wood waste	2013
Port Wentworth Mill	Chatham County	32.1561°N -81.1586°W	align=center	60.5	wood/wood waste	1991/2004
Riverwood Intl - Macon Mill		32.7714°N -83.6281°W	align=center	76.4	wood/wood waste	1948/1981/ 2013
South Columbus Water Resource		32.4119°N -84.9761°W	align=center	3.6		2010
Superior LFG	Chatham County	32.0303°N -81.2722°W	align=center	6.4	landfill gas	2009
Taylor LFG		32.4522°N -84.3872°W	align=center	8.0	landfill gas	2003/2011
WestRock Southeast		32.5036°N -82.8443°W	align=center	44.0	wood/wood waste	1989

Hydroelectric dams

Georgia Power Hydro incorporates 72 hydroelectric generating units to produce a generation capacity of 844,720 kilowatts (kW). Georgia Power Hydro facilities also provide more than 45985acres of water bodies and more than 1057miles of shoreline for habitat and recreational use.^[26]

Name	Nearest City	Capacity (MW)	Year Completed	Refs
Barnett Shoals Hydroelectric Generating Plant		2.8	1910	^[27]
		173.0	1926/1951/ 1985
		13	1931/1994	^[28]
		126	1956
		6.12	1927
		286.0	1977
Estatoah Hydroelectric Generating Plant		2.4	1929
		5.4	1921/1925
		38.6	1915/2005
		1.04	1924/1926
		14.4	1911/1917
		16.8	1903
		4.8	1926
		29.6	1963
		60.0	1959
		336.0	1985
		0.48	1920's
		45.0	1953
		72.0	1913/1920
		16.0	1925
		45.0	1923
		113.6	1980
		22.5	1925

electricity is generated in Alabama
Carters, Russell, and Wallace generate additional electricity as reversible pumped storage

Solar photovoltaic

See also: Solar power in Georgia (U.S. state).

Name	Location	Area	Capacity (MW)	Refs
Butler Solar Facility		1070acres	103	^[29]
Decatur County Solar Facility		169acres	19	^[30]
Facebook Facility (Newton Data Center)		1200acres	102.5	^[31]
Fort Benning Solar Facility		240acres	30	^[32]
Fort Gordon Solar Facility		270acres	30	^[33]
Fort Stewart Solar Facility		250acres	30	^[34]
Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base Solar Facility		254acres	42	^[35]
Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Solar Facility		150acres	31	^[36]

Wind

Georgia had no utility-scale wind generating facilities in 2019. It has much potential for offshore development and limited onshore potential.

Storage power plants

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Pumped storage

See also

• List of power stations in the United States
• List of power stations operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority

Notes and References

1. Web site: Georgia Electricity Profile . U.S. Energy Information Administration . 2022-07-18.
2. Web site: Georgia - State Energy Profile Analysis - EIA . www.eia.gov . 2022-07-18.
3. Web site: Plant Bowen . 2020-01-21 . Global Energy Monitor.
4. News: Georgia Power pulls plug on Plant Branch on Lake Sinclair. 23 April 2017. The Macon Telegraph.
5. Web site: Plant Hammond . 2020-01-22 . Global Energy Monitor.
6. Web site: Plant Kraft . 2020-01-22 . Global Energy Monitor.
7. Web site: Plant McDonough . 2020-01-22 . Global Energy Monitor.
8. Web site: Plant McIntosh . 2023-12-20 . Global Energy Monitor.
9. Web site: Plant Mitchell. 2020-01-29 . Global Energy Monitor.
10. Web site: Plant Scherer. 2020-01-31 . Global Energy Monitor.
11. News: JEA closes coal-fired power plant, reducing the utility’s carbon footprint . 22 April 2023. WJCT News.
12. Web site: Plant Wansley. 2020-01-31 . Global Energy Monitor.
13. Web site: MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS . Southern Company via Market Screener . 2022 . 2023-04-22.
14. Web site: Yates Steam Generating Plant. 2020-01-31 . Global Energy Monitor.
15. Web site: Stack to be demolished at Plant Yates tomorrow. 2022-02-01 . Newnan Times-Herald.
16. Web site: Baconton power plant . 2023-12-20 . Global Energy Monitor . en.
17. Web site: Plant Dahlberg . 2020-02-04 . Southern Power.
18. Web site: Doyle energy facility . 2023-12-20 . Global Energy Monitor . en.
19. Web site: Hartwell energy facility . 2023-12-20 . Global Energy Monitor . en.
20. Web site: MPC Generating power station . 2023-12-20 . Global Energy Monitor . en.
21. Web site: Sewell Creek Energy power station . 2023-12-20 . Global Energy Monitor . en.
22. Web site: Smarr energy center . 2023-12-20 . Global Energy Monitor . en.
23. Web site: Sowega power station . 2023-12-20 . Global Energy Monitor.
24. Web site: Georgia Power. 2020-01-31 . Global Energy Monitor.
25. Web site: Plant McManus retired from service. 2020-01-31 . Global Energy Monitor.
26. Web site: Georgia Power Facts and Figures . Georgia Power . 2021-07-23.
27. Web site: Barnett Shoals Hydro Power Plant . Global Energy Observer . 2021-07-23.
28. Web site: Blue Ridge.
29. Web site: Largest Solar Plant in Southeast Will Be Built in Georgia. 22 February 2018. 2 February 2020. Butler Solar Facility.
30. Web site: Decatur County Solar Facility. 7 April 2016. Decatur County Solar Facility. https://web.archive.org/web/20160419070931/http://www.southerncompany.com/about-us/our-business/southern-power/pdfs/SP_DecaturCo_Solar_fact_sheet.pdf. 19 April 2016. dead.
31. Web site: Developers turn on Facebook's 102.5-MWac Georgia solar farm. 12 December 2019. 2 February 2020. Facebook Newton.
32. Web site: Georgia Power's 30-MW solar facility at Fort Benning now online. 2 February 2020. Fort Benning.
33. Web site: Fort Gordon Solar Plant, Georgia. 2 February 2020. Fort Gordon.
34. Web site: Georgia Power dedicates new 30-MW solar facility at Fort Stewart. 2 February 2020. Fort Stewart.
35. Web site: SUBASE Kings Bay Celebrates Opening of 42 MW DC Solar Facility. 2 February 2020. SUBASE Kings Bay.
36. Web site: Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Hosts Solar Groundbreaking Ceremony. 2 February 2020. Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany.