Power Plants Near 31217 — Macon, GA

50 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 31217 (Macon, Georgia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.8118, -83.5650 · County: Bibb

Natural Gas 41%Coal 37%Solar 12%Hydroelectric 5%Biomass 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.2 mi	Ykk Usa Chestney Macon, GA	Oil	1 MW	Ykk Usa Inc
3.2 mi	Bibb Williams Macob, GA	Solar	2 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
4.6 mi	Riverwood International Macon Mill Macon, GA	Biomass	73 MW	Riverwood Intl Usa Inc
8.0 mi	Ads Renewable Energy-Wolf Creek Llc Dry Branch, GA	Biomass	3 MW	Ads Renewable Energy- Wolf Creek, Llc
9.5 mi	Robins Air Force Base Solar Macon, GA	Solar	128 MW	Georgia Power Co
11.1 mi	Arkwright Macon, GA	Natural Gas	—	Georgia Power Co
14.9 mi	Twiggs Solar Dry Branch, GA	Solar	204 MW	Onward Energy
14.9 mi	Wilkinson Defore (Westbound) Gordon, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
16.0 mi	Wilkinson Defore (Safari Energy) Gordon, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
16.1 mi	Robins Robins Afb, GA	Natural Gas	184 MW	Georgia Power Co
16.2 mi	Richland Solar Center Jeffersonville, GA	Solar	20 MW	Onward Energy
19.7 mi	Smarr Combined Cycle Energy Facility Forsyth, GA	Natural Gas	—	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
19.9 mi	Rumble Road Energy Center Smarr, GA	Natural Gas	—	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
20.2 mi	Smarr Energy Center Forsyth, GA	Natural Gas	242 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
22.2 mi	Scherer Juliette, GA	Coal	2,673 MW	Georgia Power Co
22.7 mi	Mid-Georgia Cogeneration Facility Kathleen, GA	Natural Gas	323 MW	Sepg Mga, Llc
24.8 mi	Sr Robins I Kathleen, GA	Solar	—	Sr Robins I, Llc
25.3 mi	Georgia College & State University Solar Milledgeville, GA	Solar	—	Georgia Power Co
28.3 mi	Fort Valley State University Solar Fort Valley, GA	Solar	11 MW	Georgia Power Co
28.4 mi	Cg Ps Portfolio 1, Llc Kathleen, GA	Biomass	2 MW	Cleargen Llc
30.7 mi	Harllee Branch Milledgeville, GA	Coal	—	Georgia Power Co
30.9 mi	Laurens Solar Dudley, GA	Solar	—	Laurens Solar I, Llc
31.0 mi	Sr Perry Perry, GA	Solar	68 MW	Sr Perry, Llc
31.0 mi	Sinclair Dam Milledgeville, GA	Hydroelectric	45 MW	Georgia Power Co
31.3 mi	Arnold Cochran Cochran, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
32.7 mi	Coody Cochran Cochran, GA	Solar	3 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
35.6 mi	Putnam Erikson 2 Eatonton, GA	Solar	3 MW	Solamerica Energy, Llc
35.8 mi	Tri-County Solar Facility Eatonton, GA	Solar	1 MW	Georgia Power Co
36.3 mi	Piedmont Green Power Barnesville, GA	Biomass	60 MW	Piedmont Green Power Llc
36.4 mi	Putnam Erickson Eatonton, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
38.6 mi	Lloyd Shoals Jackson, GA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Georgia Power Co
39.1 mi	Washington County Power Llc Sandersville, GA	Natural Gas	796 MW	Cams (Georgia) Washington County Power
40.4 mi	Dublin Solar I Dublin, GA	Solar	4 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
41.1 mi	Drawhorn Solar Sparta, GA	Solar	—	Drawhorn Solar, Llc
42.3 mi	Upson County Ga S1 Llc Thomaston, GA	Solar	3 MW	Solriver Capital Llc
43.5 mi	Pawpaw Solar Plant Butler, GA	Solar	31 MW	Southern Power Co
43.6 mi	Edward L. Addison Generating Plant Thomaston, GA	Natural Gas	701 MW	Southern Power Co
44.0 mi	Georgia Lfg Pine Ridge Plant Griffin, GA	Biomass	7 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
44.1 mi	Wallace Dam Eatonton, GA	Hydroelectric	321 MW	Georgia Power Co
44.3 mi	Brenneman Solar Project Montezuma, GA	Solar	—	Brenneman Solar Llc
44.8 mi	Butler Solar Project 103 Butler, GA	Solar	104 MW	Southern Power Co
45.4 mi	Taylor County Solar Butler, GA	Solar	148 MW	Southern Power Co
45.5 mi	White Pine Solar, Llc Butler, GA	Solar	101 MW	White Pine Solar, Llc
45.8 mi	Upson Rocky Creek Solar Plant Thomaston, GA	Solar	1 MW	Axium Us Solar Holdings Llc
46.0 mi	Al Sandersville Llc Warthen, GA	Natural Gas	692 MW	Cams (Georgia) Al Sandersville
46.6 mi	Butler Solar Farm 20 Butler, GA	Solar	22 MW	Southern Power Co
47.0 mi	Westrock Southeast, Llc. Dublin, GA	Biomass	82 MW	Westrock Southeast, Llc
47.4 mi	Sandhill Solar 2 Butler, GA	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
48.3 mi	Flint River Operations Oglethorpe, GA	Biomass	77 MW	International Paper - Flint River Mill
48.7 mi	Sandersville Solar Sandersville, GA	Solar	—	Sandersville Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 50 power plants within 50 miles of Macon, Georgia (ZIP 31217), with a combined 7,159 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 28 of the 50 nearby plants. The closest plant is Ykk Usa Chestney at 1.2 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.

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