Edwin I Hatch
Nuclear power plant · Appling County, Georgia
Nameplate capacity
1,848 MW
Rank in Georgia
#5
of 264 plants
In service since
1975
December 1975
Details
- Primary fuel
- Nuclear
- Technology
- Nuclear
- Operator
- Georgia Power Co
- County
- Appling County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 4.29%
- Rank among nuclear plants in Georgia
- #2 of 2
- EIA plant code
- 6051
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuclear | 924 MW | 876 MW | 1975 | Operating |
| 2 | Nuclear | 924 MW | 883 MW | 1979 | 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
| Jack McDonough | Natural gas | 2,848 MW |
| Scherer | Coal | 2,673 MW |
| McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility | Natural gas | 1,377 MW |
| Wansley Combined Cycle | Natural gas | 1,239 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 1,848 MW solar plant and a 1,848 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