Walter F George
Hydro power plant · Clay County, Georgia
Nameplate capacity
168 MW
Rank in Georgia
#44
of 264 plants
In service since
1963
March 1963
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- USCE-Mobile District
- County
- Clay County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.39%
- Rank among hydro plants in Georgia
- #6 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 761
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 42 MW | 42 MW | 1963 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 42 MW | 42 MW | 1963 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 42 MW | 42 MW | 1963 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 42 MW | 42 MW | 1963 | 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
| Robins | Other | 184 MW |
| Camilla Solar Energy Project | Solar | 171 MW |
| SR DeSoto I, LLC | Solar | 165 MW |
| International Paper Savanna Mill | Other | 154 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 168 MW solar plant and a 168 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