Lake Blackshear Project
Hydro power plant · Worth County, Georgia
Nameplate capacity
17 MW
Rank in Georgia
#130
of 264 plants
In service since
1930
May 1930
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Crisp County Power Comm
- County
- Worth County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among hydro plants in Georgia
- #18 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 752
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 5.0 MW | 4.0 MW | 1930 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 5.0 MW | 4.0 MW | 1930 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 4.8 MW | 4.8 MW | 1930 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.4 MW | 2.4 MW | 1930 | 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
| Solar Glynn | Solar | 18 MW |
| Stevens Creek | Hydro | 18 MW |
| Morgan Falls | Hydro | 17 MW |
| Camilla Solar Plant | Solar | 16 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 17 MW solar plant and a 17 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