25th largest plant in Georgia · 749th nationally
Hawk Road Facility is a natural gas power plant in Georgia with a nameplate capacity of 495 MW. It generates roughly 569.4k MWh per year — enough to power about 54,227 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 13% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1345 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Hawk Road Facility |
|---|---|
| Operator | Oglethorpe Power Corporation |
| City | Franklin |
| County | Heard County |
| State | Georgia |
| ZIP | 30217 |
| Coordinates | 33.35847, -84.99139 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 165 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 165 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| CT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 165 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| CO₂ | 382.8k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 2 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 147 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1345 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | SERC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.