West Point (GA)
Hydro power plant · Troup County, Georgia
Nameplate capacity
73 MW
Rank in Georgia
#80
of 264 plants
In service since
1975
April 1975
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- USCE-Mobile District
- County
- Troup County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.17%
- Rank among hydro plants in Georgia
- #9 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 6133
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 35 MW | 42 MW | 1975 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 35 MW | 42 MW | 1975 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 3.3 MW | 3.0 MW | 1975 | 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 73 MW solar plant and a 73 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