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Burton Dam

Hydro power plant · Rabun County, Georgia

Nameplate capacity
6.0 MW
Rank in Georgia
#150
of 264 plants
In service since
1927
September 1927

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Georgia Power Co
County
Rabun County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among hydro plants in Georgia
#23 of 30
EIA plant code
704

Generating units

Individual generating units at Burton Dam
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric3.0 MW4.8 MW1927Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric3.0 MW4.8 MW1927Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 6.0 MW solar plant and a 6.0 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