Nameplate capacity
4,658 MW
Rank in Georgia
#1
of 264 plants
In service since
1987
May 1987
Details
- Primary fuel
- Nuclear
- Technology
- Nuclear
- Operator
- Georgia Power Co
- County
- Burke County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 10.82%
- Rank among nuclear plants in Georgia
- #1 of 2
- EIA plant code
- 649
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuclear | 1,215 MW | 1,150 MW | 1987 | Operating |
| 2 | Nuclear | 1,215 MW | 1,152 MW | 1989 | Operating |
| 3 | Nuclear | 1,114 MW | 1,114 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| 4 | Nuclear | 1,114 MW | 1,114 MW | 2024 | 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
| Bowen | Coal | 3,499 MW |
| Jack McDonough | Natural gas | 2,848 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 4,658 MW solar plant and a 4,658 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