Power Plants Near 30540 — Ellijay, GA

32 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 30540 (Ellijay, Georgia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.6775, -84.4812 · County: Gilmer

Coal 59%Natural Gas 20%Hydroelectric 19%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.8 mi	Carters Chatsworth, GA	Hydroelectric	500 MW	Usce-Mobile District
18.2 mi	Blue Ridge Blue Ridge, GA	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
19.9 mi	Murray Treadwell Farms Chatsworth, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
20.7 mi	Gordon Thompson Fairmount, GA	Solar	3 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
20.7 mi	Gordon Pine Hall Fairmount, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
24.9 mi	Thomas A Smith Energy Facility Dalton, GA	Natural Gas	1,192 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
25.8 mi	Dalton 2 Dalton, GA	Solar	7 MW	Georgia Power Co
25.9 mi	Mcgrau Ford Battery Storage Facility Ball Ground, GA	Battery Storage	—	Georgia Power Co
27.5 mi	Ocoee 3 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	29 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
28.0 mi	Ocoee 2 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
28.0 mi	Cs Murphy Point, Llc Murphy, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
28.8 mi	Murphy Farm Power, Llc Culberson, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
29.6 mi	Nottely Blairsville, GA	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
30.3 mi	Ocoee 1 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	19 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
32.4 mi	Whitfield Cooper Cohutta, GA	Solar	1 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
35.2 mi	Bartow Davidson Cartersville, GA	Solar	3 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
35.5 mi	Apalachia Reliance, TN	Hydroelectric	94 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.5 mi	Martins Creek Solar Nc, Llc Murphy, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
37.0 mi	Hiwassee Dam Murphy, NC	Hydroelectric	166 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
38.2 mi	Allatoona Cartersville, GA	Hydroelectric	87 MW	Usce-Mobile District
41.3 mi	Mission Murphy, NC	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Northbrook Carolina Hydro Ii, Llc
42.4 mi	Buford Buford, GA	Hydroelectric	131 MW	Usce-Mobile District
42.6 mi	Hewlett Packard Enterprise Alpharetta, GA	Oil	8 MW	Swvp Alpharetta Owners, Llc
43.0 mi	State Farm Support Center East Alpharetta, GA	Oil	11 MW	State Farm Mutual Auto Ins Co
45.5 mi	Bowater Newsprint Calhoun Operation Calhoun, TN	Biomass	63 MW	Resolute Forest Products
45.7 mi	Bowen Cartersville, GA	Coal	3,499 MW	Georgia Power Co
45.7 mi	Chatuge Hayesville, NC	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.8 mi	Georgia Lfg Richland Creek Plant Buford, GA	Biomass	11 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
46.7 mi	Volkswagen Solar System Chattanooga, TN	Solar	8 MW	Sr Enterprise South, Llc
47.7 mi	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Solar Chattanooga, TN	Solar	3 MW	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
48.4 mi	Solar Bess Hybrid Marietta, GA	Solar	4 MW	Cobb Electric Membership Corporation
49.3 mi	Morgan Falls Dunwoody, GA	Hydroelectric	17 MW	Georgia Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 32 power plants within 50 miles of Ellijay, Georgia (ZIP 30540), with a combined 5,938 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 32 nearby plants. The closest plant is Carters at 11.8 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Georgia, visit the Georgia state page.

← Search a different location · Printable proximity report →