McGrau Ford Battery Storage Facility
Battery storage power plant · Cherokee County, Georgia
Details
- Primary fuel
- Battery storage
- Technology
- Batteries
- Operator
- Georgia Power Co
- County
- Cherokee County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 1.22%
- Rank among battery storage plants in Georgia
- #1 of 3
- EIA plant code
- 68512
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Batteries | 265 MW | 265 MW | 2026 | Operating |
| 2 | Batteries | 265 MW | 265 MW | 2026 | 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
| McManus | Other | 560 MW |
| Chattahoochee Energy Facility | Natural gas | 540 MW |
| Carters | Hydro | 500 MW |
| Hawk Road Facility | Natural gas | 495 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 530 MW solar plant and a 530 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