Tugalo

Hydro power plant · Habersham County, Georgia

Nameplate capacity
45 MW
Rank in Georgia
#103
of 264 plants
In service since
2023
October 2023

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Georgia Power Co
County
Habersham County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.10%
Rank among hydro plants in Georgia
#13 of 30
EIA plant code
725

Generating units

Individual generating units at Tugalo
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric11 MW13 MW2023Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric11 MW13 MW2023Operating
3Conventional Hydroelectric11 MW13 MW2024Operating
4Conventional Hydroelectric11 MW13 MW2024Operating

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 45 MW solar plant and a 45 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