Hawk Road Facility
Natural gas power plant · Heard County, Georgia
Nameplate capacity
495 MW
Rank in Georgia
#25
of 264 plants
In service since
2001
May 2001
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Oglethorpe Power Corporation
- County
- Heard County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 1.15%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Georgia
- #17 of 29
- EIA plant code
- 55141
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 165 MW | 152 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 165 MW | 149 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| CT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 165 MW | 147 MW | 2001 | 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
| Chattahoochee Energy Facility | Natural gas | 540 MW |
| Carters | Hydro | 500 MW |
| Walton County Energy Facility | Natural gas | 494 MW |
| Hartwell Lake | Hydro | 420 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 495 MW solar plant and a 495 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