Power plants in Georgia
251 operating power projects with 43,018 MW of nameplate capacity, from EIA-860M for August 2026.
Projects
251
Nameplate capacity
43,018 MW
Counties with a plant
99
Operators
111
Capacity by fuel
Natural gas · 18,526 MW · 30Nuclear · 6,506 MW · 2Coal · 6,172 MW · 2Solar · 5,496 MW · 154Other fuels · 2,190 MW · 30Hydro · 1,877 MW · 28Pumped storage · 1,389 MW · 2Battery storage · 864 MW · 3
MW is nameplate from operating generators and batteries. Plant counts use each project's primary fuel, so a coal and gas plant counts once.
Largest power plants in Georgia
Top 50 · All 251 plants| Plant | Primary fuel | MW | County | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vogtle | Nuclear | 4,658 | Burke | Georgia Power Co |
| Bowen | Coal | 3,499 | Bartow | Georgia Power Co |
| Jack McDonough | Natural gas | 2,848 | Cobb | Georgia Power Co |
| Scherer | Coal | 2,673 | Monroe | Georgia Power Co |
| Edwin I Hatch | Nuclear | 1,848 | Appling | Georgia Power Co |
| McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility | Natural gas | 1,377 | Effingham | Georgia Power Co |
| Wansley Combined Cycle | Natural gas | 1,239 | Heard | Southern Power Co |
| Thomas A Smith Energy Facility | Natural gas | 1,192 | Murray | Oglethorpe Power Corporation |
| Tenaska Georgia Generation Facility | Natural gas | 1,099 | Heard | Tenaska Georgia Partners LP |
| Dahlberg | Natural gas | 919 | Jackson | Southern Power Co |
Georgia power plants by fuel
Solar farms in Georgia154 plants · 5,496 MWBattery storage projects in Georgia9 projects · 864 MWNatural gas power plants in Georgia33 plants · 18,526 MWCoal power plants in Georgia2 plants · 6,172 MWNuclear power plants in Georgia2 plants · 6,506 MWHydroelectric power plants in Georgia29 plants · 1,877 MW
Newest plants in Georgia
Ordered by the month the first generator began operating.
McGrau Ford Battery Storage FacilityBattery storage · 530 MW · Cherokee County · August 2026Allatoona Substation #10Battery storage · 10 MW · Cobb County · June 2026Prologis Portside 2509 - SLSAV502Solar · 2.2 MW · Chatham County · June 2026Pineview Solar, LLCSolar · 80 MW · Wilcox County · May 2026Timberland SolarSolar · 140 MW · Oglethorpe County · August 2025SR Toombs, LLCSolar · 250 MW · Montgomery County · March 2025
Counties with the most capacity
Largest operators in Georgia
Georgia Power Co41 plants · 21,350 MW
Oglethorpe Power Corporation11 plants · 6,472 MW
Southern Power Co9 plants · 3,264 MW
Tenaska Georgia Partners LP1 plant · 1,099 MW
USCE-Mobile District5 plants · 959 MW
Grouped by EIA operator name. Parent companies are not merged.
All 251 plants in Georgia, by county
Appling County 2 plants
- Edwin I Hatch Nuclear · 1,848 MW
- Baxley Solar · 25 MW
Baldwin County 1 plant
- Sinclair Dam Hydro · 45 MW
Barrow County 2 plants
- Georgia LFG Oak Grove Plant Landfill gas · 6.6 MW
- Cedar Creek Solar, LLC Solar · 2 MW
Bartow County 3 plants
- Bowen Coal · 3,498.6 MW
- Allatoona Hydro · 86.6 MW
- Bartow Davidson Solar · 2.6 MW
Bibb County 3 plants
- Robins Air Force Base Solar Solar · 256 MW
- Graphic Packaging Intl Macon Mill Wood biomass · 68.7 MW
- Bibb Williams Solar · 2.3 MW
Bleckley County 2 plants
- Coody Cochran Solar · 2.6 MW
- Arnold Cochran Solar · 1.7 MW
Brooks County 2 plants
- Quitman Solar Solar · 150 MW
- Quitman II Solar Solar · 150 MW
Bryan County 1 plant
- Bryan Floyd Solar · 1.9 MW
Bulloch County 5 plants
- Statesboro Solar LLC Solar · 3 MW
- Bulloch County GA S4 LLC Solar · 3 MW
- Bulloch County GA S3 LLC Solar · 3 MW
- Bulloch Rushing Solar · 2.9 MW
- Bulloch Neville Farms Solar · 2.7 MW
Burke County 7 plants
- Vogtle Nuclear · 4,658 MW
- Wilson Oil · 317.6 MW
- White Oak Solar, LLC Solar · 76.5 MW
- Hobnail Solar Solar · 70 MW
- Bird Dog Solar Solar · 40 MW
- Waynesboro Community Solar Solar · 2.4 MW
- Shawnee - GA Solar · 2 MW
Camden County 1 plant
- Kings Bay Solar Facility Solar · 30 MW
Candler County 1 plant
- Live Oak Solar, LLC Solar · 51 MW
Charlton County 1 plant
- Fountain Folkston Solar · 2.1 MW
Chatham County 6 plants
- Port Wentworth Mill Wood biomass · 72.3 MW
- International Paper Savanna Mill Natural gas · 71.2 MW
- Imperial Savannah LP Natural gas · 11.7 MW
- Superior Landfill Gas Recovery Landfill gas · 6.4 MW
- Prologis Portside 2509 - SLSAV502 Solar · 2.2 MW
- IKEA Savannah 490 Solar · 1.2 MW
Chattooga County 1 plant
- Chattooga Gore Solar · 2.4 MW
Cherokee County 1 plant
- McGrau Ford Battery Storage Facility Battery storage · 530 MW
Clarke County 2 plants
- Tallassee Hydro Project Hydro · 2.3 MW
- CII Methane Management III LFG Plant Landfill gas · 1.6 MW
Clay County 2 plants
- Walter F George Hydro · 168 MW
- SR Clay, LLC Solar · 106 MW
Cobb County 3 plants
- Jack McDonough Natural gas · 2,848.4 MW
- Allatoona Substation #10 Battery storage · 10 MW
- Solar BESS Hybrid Solar · 3.5 MW
Colquitt County 2 plants
- SR Odom Solar · 20 MW
- Denver Braswell PV Solar · 1.4 MW
Columbia County 3 plants
- Stevens Creek Hydro · 17.6 MW
- Columbia Substation Solar · 2 MW
- Columbia Bryson Solar · 1.4 MW
Coweta County 1 plant
- Yates Natural gas · 807.4 MW
Decatur County 7 plants
- Cool Springs Solar (Hybrid) Solar · 253 MW
- Decatur Solar Solar · 200 MW
- Walton Bainbridge Power Facility Oil · 80 MW
- Decatur Parkway Solar Project, LLC Solar · 80 MW
- Decatur County Solar Project Solar · 20 MW
- BE Solar LLC Solar · 3 MW
- Bainbridge Solar Solar · 1 MW
DeKalb County 2 plants
- Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies Solar · 1 MW
- Hickory Ridge Landfill Solar Project Solar · 0.6 MW
Dougherty County 6 plants
- Dougherty County Solar, LLC Solar · 120 MW
- Albany Green Energy Wood biomass · 54.5 MW
- Marine Corps Logistics Base Solar Solar · 31 MW
- MCLB Biosteam to Energy Other fuels · 8.5 MW
- Flint River Hydro · 5.4 MW
- MCLB Landfill Gas to Energy Landfill gas · 1.9 MW
Douglas County 1 plant
- Turnipseed Solar, LLC Solar · 3 MW
Early County 4 plants
- SR Arlington II Solar · 102.5 MW
- SR Cedar Springs, LLC Solar · 70 MW
- SR Arlington I Solar · 20 MW
- Georgia Power at Jakin GA PV Solar · 1.5 MW
Effingham County 7 plants
- McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility Natural gas · 1,376.6 MW
- McIntosh Natural gas · 810.4 MW
- Bobby C Smith Jr Energy Facility Natural gas · 596.6 MW
- Savannah River Mill Petroleum coke · 90 MW
- Rincon Solar I Solar · 18.4 MW
- McIntosh Solar Solar · 10 MW
- Guyton Community Solar Solar · 3.6 MW
Elbert County 2 plants
- Richard B Russell Hydro · 382 MW
- Sonny Solar LLC Solar · 40 MW
Emanuel County 1 plant
- Georgia Power at Swainsboro Solar · 2.9 MW
Fannin County 1 plant
- Blue Ridge Hydro · 23.5 MW
Floyd County 2 plants
- Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant Pumped storage · 847.8 MW
- Inland Paperboard Packaging Rome Wood biomass · 60.4 MW
Forsyth County 1 plant
- Buford Hydro · 131.2 MW
Franklin County 2 plants
- GRP Franklin Renewable Energy Facility Wood biomass · 58 MW
- Franklin Milliken Solar · 3 MW
Fulton County 5 plants
- Morgan Falls Hydro · 16.8 MW
- MAS ASB Cogen Plant Natural gas · 6.6 MW
- Tech Square Microgrid Natural gas · 1.4 MW
- Inforum Oil · 1.3 MW
- Atlanta Falcons Solar Solar · 1 MW
Glynn County 3 plants
- McManus Oil · 560 MW
- Brunswick Cellulose Wood biomass · 72.2 MW
- Solar Glynn Solar · 18 MW
Gordon County 2 plants
- Gordon Thompson Solar · 3 MW
- Gordon Pine Hall Solar · 2.4 MW
Grady County 1 plant
- Cairo Solar Farm, LLC Solar · 2 MW
Greene County 1 plant
- Greene Durham Solar · 3 MW
Gwinnett County 1 plant
- Georgia LFG Richland Creek Plant Landfill gas · 11.2 MW
Habersham County 2 plants
- Tallulah Falls Hydro · 72 MW
- Tugalo Hydro · 44.8 MW
Hancock County 1 plant
- Wallace Dam Pumped storage · 321.2 MW
Harris County 2 plants
- Troup RC50 Solar · 2.3 MW
- Harris Shiloh Solar · 2.1 MW
Hart County 2 plants
- Hartwell Energy Facility Natural gas · 360 MW
- Hartwell Lake Hydro · 335 MW
Heard County 5 plants
- Wansley Combined Cycle Natural gas · 1,239 MW
- Tenaska Georgia Generation Facility Natural gas · 1,099.2 MW
- Wansley Unit 9 Natural gas · 594.1 MW
- Chattahoochee Energy Facility Natural gas · 539.7 MW
- Hawk Road Facility Natural gas · 495 MW
Houston County 4 plants
- Mid-Georgia Cogeneration Facility Natural gas · 323 MW
- Robins Oil · 183.8 MW
- SR Perry Solar · 68 MW
- CG PS Portfolio 1, LLC Landfill gas · 1.8 MW
Jackson County 1 plant
- Dahlberg Natural gas · 919 MW
Jasper County 1 plant
- Lloyd Shoals Hydro · 14.4 MW
Jeff Davis County 6 plants
- SR Snipesville II Solar · 107 MW
- SR Snipesville III Solar · 107 MW
- Snipesville Solar · 86 MW
- Hazlehurst II Solar · 52.5 MW
- Hazlehurst III Solar · 40 MW
- SR Hazlehurst Solar · 20 MW
Jefferson County 2 plants
- Wadley Solar Solar · 260 MW
- Georgia Power at Wadley GA Solar · 1 MW
Jenkins County 1 plant
- Old Midville Solar Solar · 19.7 MW
Lamar County 1 plant
- Piedmont Green Power Wood biomass · 60 MW
Lanier County 1 plant
- Lakeland Solar Energy LLC Solar · 1.8 MW
Laurens County 2 plants
- WestRock Southeast, LLC. Wood biomass · 82.1 MW
- Dublin Solar I Solar · 4.1 MW
Lee County 3 plants
- SR DeSoto I, LLC Solar · 165 MW
- SR DeSoto II Solar · 65 MW
- SR DeSoto III Solar · 60 MW
Liberty County 1 plant
- Fort Stewart Solar Facility Solar · 30 MW
Lowndes County 8 plants
- Moody Air Force Base Solar Solar · 99 MW
- PCA-Valdosta Mill Wood biomass · 69.9 MW
- Pecan Row Landfill To Electric Facility Landfill gas · 6.4 MW
- Lowndes Cowart Solar · 3 MW
- Lowndes Tycor Farms Solar · 2.3 MW
- Lowndes IDA Solar · 1.5 MW
- Valdosta (Terraform) Solar · 1 MW
- Valdosta Prison Solar · 1 MW
Macon County 2 plants
- CPV Stagecoach Solar Solar · 80 MW
- Flint River Operations Wood biomass · 77 MW
Madison County 2 plants
- GRP Madison Renewable Energy Facility Wood biomass · 58 MW
- Comer Solar Solar · 2 MW
Meriwether County 3 plants
- Meriwether Jackson Solar · 3 MW
- Camp Solar Plant Solar · 2.4 MW
- Greenville Solar · 1 MW
Mitchell County 6 plants
- Hickory Park Solar Hybrid Solar · 235.5 MW
- Camilla Solar Energy Project Solar · 171.4 MW
- Baconton Power Plant Natural gas · 121 MW
- Sowega Power Natural gas · 99.6 MW
- OE_GA3 Solar · 57.5 MW
- Camilla Solar Plant Solar · 16 MW
Monroe County 2 plants
- Scherer Coal · 2,673 MW
- Smarr Energy Center Natural gas · 242 MW
Montgomery County 2 plants
- SR Toombs, LLC Solar · 250 MW
- SR Ailey Solar · 80 MW
Morgan County 1 plant
- High Shoals Hydro (GA) Hydro · 1.4 MW
Murray County 4 plants
- Thomas A Smith Energy Facility Natural gas · 1,192 MW
- Carters Hydro · 500 MW
- Dalton 2 Solar · 6.5 MW
- Murray Treadwell Farms Solar · 3 MW
Muscogee County 3 plants
- Oliver Dam Hydro · 60 MW
- North Highlands Hydro · 29.6 MW
- Muscogee Public Works Solar · 1.5 MW
Oglethorpe County 2 plants
- Timberland Solar Solar · 140 MW
- Wolfskin Solar Solar · 38 MW
Peach County 1 plant
- Fort Valley State University Solar Solar · 10.8 MW
Pierce County 1 plant
- Pierce Eunice Solar · 1.9 MW
Polk County 5 plants
- Sewell Creek Energy Natural gas · 570 MW
- Polk County GA S1, LLC Solar · 3 MW
- Rockmart Solar · 2.6 MW
- Polk Cedartown 2 Solar · 2.4 MW
- Polk Cedartown Solar · 2.2 MW
Putnam County 3 plants
- Putnam Erikson 2 Solar · 2.9 MW
- Putnam Erickson Solar · 2.7 MW
- Tri-County Solar Facility Solar · 1 MW
Rabun County 3 plants
- Terrora Hydro · 16 MW
- Burton Dam Hydro · 6 MW
- Nacoochee Hydro · 4.8 MW
Randolph County 1 plant
- Lancaster Solar GA Solar · 80 MW
Richmond County 8 plants
- Clearwater Paper Corporation - Augusta Wood biomass · 84.7 MW
- Fort Gordon Solar Facility Solar · 30 MW
- Richmond County GA S2 LLC Solar · 3 MW
- Apalachicola Solar · 2.5 MW
- Richmond Hayes Solar Solar · 2.3 MW
- King Mill Hydro · 2.2 MW
- Sibley Mill Hydro · 2.1 MW
- Graniteville Enterprise Division Hydro · 1.2 MW
Seminole County 1 plant
- Seminole (GA) Solar · 1.6 MW
Spalding County 1 plant
- Georgia LFG Pine Ridge Plant Landfill gas · 6.6 MW
Stephens County 1 plant
- Yonah Hydro · 22.5 MW
Stewart County 2 plants
- SR Lumpkin Solar · 100 MW
- Richland (GA) Solar · 1 MW
Sumter County 2 plants
- Brady Solar LLC Solar · 1.8 MW
- Freeman Avenue Solar · 1.4 MW
Talbot County 2 plants
- Talbot County Energy Natural gas · 726 MW
- Mossy Branch Battery Facility Battery storage · 65 MW
Tattnall County 2 plants
- Reidsville Renewables, Inc. Solar · 3 MW
- Curry Solar Solar · 1.1 MW
Taylor County 6 plants
- Taylor County Solar Solar · 148 MW
- Butler Solar Project 103 Solar · 104 MW
- White Pine Solar, LLC Solar · 101.2 MW
- Pawpaw Solar Plant Solar · 30.5 MW
- Butler Solar Farm 20 Solar · 22 MW
- Taylor Landfill gas · 8 MW
Telfair County 1 plant
- Telfair Thompson Solar · 1.9 MW
Terrell County 3 plants
- SR Terrell Solar · 74 MW
- McCleskey Cotton Solar · 1.9 MW
- Terrell Riles Stovall Solar · 1.7 MW
Thomas County 1 plant
- Oil Dri 2 Solar Solar · 1.4 MW
Tift County 3 plants
- Tift Fletcher Solar · 3 MW
- Tift Boyd Solar · 2.9 MW
- Tift Bowen Solar · 1.9 MW
Troup County 3 plants
- West Point (GA) Hydro · 73.3 MW
- Kimberly-Clark Solar Solar · 2.3 MW
- Troup RC50 II Solar · 1.5 MW
Twiggs County 3 plants
- Twiggs Solar Solar · 204 MW
- Richland Solar Center Solar · 20 MW
- ADS Renewable Energy-Wolf Creek LLC Landfill gas · 2.8 MW
Union County 1 plant
- Nottely Hydro · 15.9 MW
Upson County 3 plants
- Edward L. Addison Generating Plant Natural gas · 701.2 MW
- Upson County GA S1 LLC Solar · 3 MW
- Upson Rocky Creek Solar Plant Solar · 0.8 MW
Walton County 7 plants
- Walton County Energy Facility Natural gas · 494.1 MW
- Doyle Energy Facility Natural gas · 409 MW
- MPC Generating Natural gas · 386.1 MW
- Simon Solar Farm LLC Solar · 30 MW
- Gratis Road Solar Facility Solar · 3 MW
- Pleasant Valley Solar Solar · 2.5 MW
- Mount Vernon Solar Solar · 1 MW
Ware County 3 plants
- Blackwater Solar Solar · 80 MW
- Ware Avra I Solar · 3 MW
- Ware Avra II Solar · 1.9 MW
Warren County 1 plant
- Bulldog Solar LLC Solar · 80 MW
Washington County 4 plants
- Washington County Power LLC Natural gas · 795.6 MW
- AL Sandersville LLC Natural gas · 692 MW
- Washington County Solar Solar · 150 MW
- Azalea Solar, LLC Solar · 7.7 MW
Wayne County 2 plants
- Jesup Plant Wood biomass · 69.5 MW
- Westberry Jesup Solar · 2.6 MW
Whitfield County 1 plant
- Whitfield Cooper Solar · 1.1 MW
Wilcox County 1 plant
- Pineview Solar, LLC Solar · 80 MW
Wilkinson County 2 plants
- Wilkinson DeFore (Safari Energy) Solar · 3 MW
- Wilkinson DeFore (Westbound) Solar · 2.3 MW
Worth County 2 plants
- Lake Blackshear Project Hydro · 17.2 MW
- Crisp Plant Natural gas · 5 MW
Questions about power plants in Georgia
How many power plants are in Georgia?
EIA-860M for August 2026 lists 251 operating power projects in Georgia, with 43,018 MW of nameplate capacity including batteries.
What is the largest power plant in Georgia?
Vogtle in Burke County, with 4,658 MW of nameplate capacity. The next largest is Bowen, with 3,498.6 MW.
How much of Georgia's capacity is nuclear?
6,506 MW, about 15% of nameplate capacity. 2 projects have nuclear as their primary fuel.
Source: EIA-860M August 2026, published 2026-09-24. Page updated 2026-10-04. Data sources