Sewell Creek Energy
Natural gas power plant · Polk County, Georgia
Nameplate capacity
570 MW
Rank in Georgia
#21
of 264 plants
In service since
2000
June 2000
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Oglethorpe Power Corporation
- County
- Polk County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 1.32%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Georgia
- #15 of 29
- EIA plant code
- 7813
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 164 MW | 125 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 164 MW | 126 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 121 MW | 97 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 121 MW | 98 MW | 2000 | 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
| Bobby C Smith Jr Energy Facility | Natural gas | 597 MW |
| Wansley Unit 9 | Natural gas | 594 MW |
| McManus | Other | 560 MW |
| Chattahoochee Energy Facility | Natural gas | 540 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 570 MW solar plant and a 570 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