Power Plants in Georgia

Georgia operates 315 power plants totaling 41,807 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas dominates the mix at 45%, followed by Coal (15%) and Nuclear (13%). The largest plant is Vogtle at 3,544 MW.

Plants315operating sites

Capacity41,807 MWnameplate

Generation129.1M MWhannual

CO₂45.8Mmetric tons/year

Natural Gas 45%Coal 15%Nuclear 13%Solar 13%Hydroelectric 9%Oil 3%Biomass 3%

Plant locations

Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. Georgia operates another 195 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.

Largest plants in Georgia

Plant	City	Fuel	Capacity
Vogtle	Waynesboro	Nuclear	3,544 MW
Bowen	Cartersville	Coal	3,499 MW
Jack Mcdonough	Smyrna	Natural Gas	2,848 MW
Scherer	Juliette	Coal	2,673 MW
Edwin I Hatch	Baxley	Nuclear	1,848 MW
Mcintosh Combined Cycle Facility	Rincon	Natural Gas	1,377 MW
Wansley Combined Cycle	Franklin	Natural Gas	1,239 MW
Thomas A Smith Energy Facility	Dalton	Natural Gas	1,192 MW
Tenaska Georgia Generation Facility	Franklin	Natural Gas	1,099 MW
Dahlberg	Nicholson	Natural Gas	919 MW
Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant	Rome	Hydroelectric	848 MW
Mcintosh	Rincon	Natural Gas	810 MW
Yates	Newnan	Natural Gas	807 MW
Washington County Power Llc	Sandersville	Natural Gas	796 MW
Talbot County Energy	Box Springs	Natural Gas	726 MW
Edward L. Addison Generating Plant	Thomaston	Natural Gas	701 MW
Al Sandersville Llc	Warthen	Natural Gas	692 MW
Richard B Russell	Elberton	Hydroelectric	628 MW
Bobby C Smith Jr Energy Facility	Rincon	Natural Gas	597 MW
Wansley Unit 9	Franklin	Natural Gas	594 MW
Sewell Creek Energy	Cedartown	Natural Gas	570 MW
Mcmanus	Brunswick	Oil	560 MW
Chattahoochee Energy Facility	Franklin	Natural Gas	540 MW
Carters	Chatsworth	Hydroelectric	500 MW
Hawk Road Facility	Franklin	Natural Gas	495 MW
Walton County Energy Facility	Monroe	Natural Gas	494 MW
Hartwell Lake	Hartwell	Hydroelectric	420 MW
Doyle Energy Facility	Monroe	Natural Gas	409 MW
Mpc Generating	Monroe	Natural Gas	386 MW
Hartwell Energy Facility	Hartwell	Natural Gas	360 MW
Mid-Georgia Cogeneration Facility	Kathleen	Natural Gas	323 MW
Wallace Dam	Eatonton	Hydroelectric	321 MW
Wilson	Waynesboro	Oil	318 MW
Wadley Solar	Wadley	Solar	260 MW
Cool Springs Solar (Hybrid)	Bainbridge	Solar	253 MW
Sr Toombs, Llc	Vidalia	Solar	250 MW
Smarr Energy Center	Forsyth	Natural Gas	242 MW
Baconton Power Plant	Baconton	Natural Gas	242 MW
Hickory Park Solar Hybrid	Camilla	Solar	236 MW
Twiggs Solar	Dry Branch	Solar	204 MW
Decatur Solar	Climax	Solar	200 MW
Robins	Robins Afb	Natural Gas	184 MW
Camilla Solar Energy Project	Camilla	Solar	171 MW
Walter F George	Ft. Gaines	Hydroelectric	168 MW
Sr Desoto I, Llc	Desoto	Solar	165 MW
International Paper Savanna Mill	Savannah	Biomass	154 MW
Quitman Solar	Quitman	Solar	150 MW
Quitman Ii Solar	Quitman	Solar	150 MW
Washington County Solar	Sandersville	Solar	150 MW
Taylor County Solar	Butler	Solar	148 MW

By county

Burke County7 plants · 4,052 MW Heard County6 plants · 3,967 MW Bartow County3 plants · 3,587 MW Effingham County7 plants · 2,956 MW Monroe County4 plants · 2,915 MW Cobb County4 plants · 2,853 MW Appling County2 plants · 1,873 MW Murray County4 plants · 1,701 MW Washington County5 plants · 1,645 MW Walton County8 plants · 1,325 MW Jackson County1 plants · 919 MW Floyd County3 plants · 918 MW Mitchell County8 plants · 822 MW Coweta County1 plants · 807 MW Talbot County2 plants · 791 MW Hart County2 plants · 780 MW Upson County3 plants · 705 MW Elbert County2 plants · 668 MW Glynn County3 plants · 650 MW Decatur County7 plants · 637 MW Polk County7 plants · 580 MW Houston County5 plants · 576 MW Taylor County7 plants · 413 MW Jeff Davis County6 plants · 412 MW Montgomery County2 plants · 330 MW Hancock County2 plants · 321 MW Brooks County2 plants · 300 MW Early County5 plants · 295 MW Lee County3 plants · 290 MW Clay County2 plants · 274 MW Jefferson County2 plants · 261 MW Chatham County8 plants · 246 MW Twiggs County3 plants · 226 MW Dougherty County7 plants · 216 MW Bibb County5 plants · 205 MW Macon County3 plants · 157 MW Lowndes County11 plants · 143 MW Forsyth County1 plants · 131 MW Richmond County8 plants · 128 MW Habersham County2 plants · 116 MW Stewart County1 plants · 100 MW Muscogee County3 plants · 91 MW Laurens County3 plants · 86 MW Ware County3 plants · 84 MW Randolph County1 plants · 80 MW Warren County2 plants · 80 MW Terrell County3 plants · 77 MW Troup County3 plants · 77 MW Wayne County3 plants · 72 MW Fulton County14 plants · 71 MW Franklin County2 plants · 61 MW Camden County2 plants · 60 MW Lamar County1 plants · 60 MW Madison County2 plants · 60 MW Candler County2 plants · 51 MW Baldwin County2 plants · 45 MW Liberty County3 plants · 44 MW Worth County2 plants · 39 MW Oglethorpe County2 plants · 38 MW Rabun County3 plants · 26 MW Fannin County1 plants · 23 MW Stephens County1 plants · 22 MW Colquitt County2 plants · 21 MW Columbia County3 plants · 21 MW Jenkins County1 plants · 19 MW Rabun County1 plants · 17 MW Union County1 plants · 15 MW Bulloch County5 plants · 14 MW Jasper County1 plants · 14 MW Gwinnett County2 plants · 11 MW Peach County1 plants · 10 MW Barrow County2 plants · 8 MW Clarke County3 plants · 8 MW Tift County3 plants · 7 MW Dekalb County4 plants · 7 MW Putnam County4 plants · 6 MW Spalding County1 plants · 6 MW Meriwether County3 plants · 6 MW Gordon County2 plants · 5 MW Wilkinson County2 plants · 5 MW Harris County2 plants · 4 MW Bleckley County2 plants · 4 MW Tattnall County2 plants · 4 MW Sumter County2 plants · 3 MW Douglas County1 plants · 3 MW Greene County1 plants · 3 MW Emanuel County2 plants · 2 MW Chattooga County1 plants · 2 MW Charlton County1 plants · 2 MW Grady County1 plants · 2 MW Bryan County1 plants · 1 MW Pierce County2 plants · 1 MW Telfair County1 plants · 1 MW Lanier County1 plants · 1 MW Saminole County1 plants · 1 MW Morgan County1 plants · 1 MW Thomas County1 plants · 1 MW Whitfield County1 plants · 1 MW Richland County1 plants · 1 MW Bacon County3 plants · 0 MW Cherokee County1 plants · 0 MW Fayette County1 plants · 0 MW Mcduffie County1 plants · 0 MW Oconee County1 plants · 0 MW Wilcox County3 plants · 0 MW