Nameplate capacity
321 MW
Rank in Georgia
#32
of 264 plants
In service since
1979
December 1979
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Georgia Power Co
- County
- Hancock County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.75%
- Rank among hydro plants in Georgia
- #5 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 6087
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 56 MW | 57 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 56 MW | 57 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| 1 | Hydroelectric Pumped Storage | 52 MW | 54 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| 2 | Hydroelectric Pumped Storage | 52 MW | 54 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| 5 | Hydroelectric Pumped Storage | 52 MW | 54 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| 6 | Hydroelectric Pumped Storage | 52 MW | 54 MW | 1979 | 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
| Hartwell Energy Facility | Natural gas | 360 MW |
| Mid-Georgia Cogeneration Facility | Natural gas | 323 MW |
| Wilson | Other | 318 MW |
| Wadley Solar | Solar | 260 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 321 MW solar plant and a 321 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