Yates

Natural gas power plant · Coweta County, Georgia

Nameplate capacity
807 MW
Rank in Georgia
#13
of 264 plants
In service since
1974
April 1974

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Steam Turbine
Operator
Georgia Power Co
County
Coweta County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
1.88%
Rank among natural gas plants in Georgia
#8 of 29
EIA plant code
728

Generating units

Individual generating units at Yates
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
6Natural Gas Steam Turbine404 MW356 MW1974Operating
7Natural Gas Steam Turbine404 MW359 MW1974Operating

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 807 MW solar plant and a 807 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