Tallulah Falls
Hydro power plant · Habersham County, Georgia
Nameplate capacity
72 MW
Rank in Georgia
#83
of 264 plants
In service since
2013
September 2013
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Georgia Power Co
- County
- Habersham County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.17%
- Rank among hydro plants in Georgia
- #10 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 723
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 12 MW | 12 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 12 MW | 12 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 12 MW | 12 MW | 2014 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 12 MW | 12 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| 5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 12 MW | 12 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| 6 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 12 MW | 12 MW | 2020 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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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 72 MW solar plant and a 72 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