Nameplate capacity
3,499 MW
Rank in Georgia
#2
of 264 plants
In service since
1971
October 1971
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Georgia Power Co
- County
- Bartow County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 8.13%
- Rank among coal plants in Georgia
- #1 of 2
- EIA plant code
- 703
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Conventional Steam Coal | 952 MW | 883 MW | 1974 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Steam Coal | 952 MW | 885 MW | 1975 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 806 MW | 714 MW | 1971 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 789 MW | 718 MW | 1972 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Georgia
| Vogtle | Nuclear | 4,658 MW |
| Jack McDonough | Natural gas | 2,848 MW |
| Scherer | Coal | 2,673 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 3,499 MW solar plant and a 3,499 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Georgia power plants · What Georgia actually generates