Flint River Operations
Other power plant · Macon County, Georgia
Nameplate capacity
77 MW
Rank in Georgia
#77
of 264 plants
In service since
1980
December 1980
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Wood/Wood Waste Biomass
- Operator
- International Paper - Flint River Mill
- County
- Macon County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.18%
- Rank among other plants in Georgia
- #8 of 47
- EIA plant code
- 50465
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 42 MW | 42 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 35 MW | 35 MW | 2015 | 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
| SR Ailey | Solar | 80 MW |
| Walton Bainbridge Power Facility | Other | 80 MW |
| White Oak Solar, LLC | Solar | 77 MW |
| SR Terrell | Solar | 74 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 77 MW solar plant and a 77 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