GridPlants

Power plants operated by Southern Power Co

Southern Power Co operates 52 power plants in the 2025 EIA-860 data, with 13.3 GW of nameplate capacity, the 12th-largest fleet among the 5,826 operators on file. They are spread over 14 states: California, Georgia, Texas and Oklahoma and others. Natural gas is 61% of the capacity; the largest site is H Allen Franklin Combined Cycle. Its oldest working unit dates from 2000, at Dahlberg. Units added from 2020 to 2025 total 1,119 MW.

  • Natural gas8,087 MW61%
  • Solar2,539 MW19%
  • Wind2,532 MW19%
  • Battery storage160 MW1.2%

Capacity by decade it came online

Natural gasWindSolarBattery storage

Above the line: capacity operating in 2025. Below: capacity retired at these plants.

2 GW4 GW6 GW2000s2010s2020s0

Plants

PlantStateRuns onCapacityFirst unit
H Allen Franklin Combined CycleAlabamaNatural gas1,996 MW2002
E B Harris Electric Generating PlantAlabamaNatural gas1,304 MW2003
Wansley Combined CycleGeorgiaNatural gas1,239 MW2002
RowanNorth CarolinaNatural gas1,192 MW2001
DahlbergGeorgiaNatural gas919 MW2000
Cleveland Cnty Generating FacilityNorth CarolinaNatural gas736 MW2012
Edward L. Addison Generating PlantGeorgiaNatural gas701 MW2000
Deuel Harvest Wind Energy LLCSouth DakotaWind300 MW2021
Stateline SolarCaliforniaSolar300 MW2015
Kay Wind, LLCOklahomaWind299 MW2015
RE TranquillityCaliforniaSolar277 MW2016
Bethel Wind Farm LLCTexasWind276 MW2017
RE GarlandCaliforniaSolar273 MW2016
Wake Wind Energy CenterTexasWind257 MW2016
Reading Wind ProjectKansasWind200 MW2020
Salt Fork Wind Project, LLCTexasWind174 MW2016
Solar Gen 2 Solar FacilityCaliforniaSolar163 MW2014
RE RoserockTexasSolar160 MW2016
Grant Wind, LLCOklahomaWind152 MW2016
South Cheyenne SolarWyomingSolar150 MW2024
Cactus Flats Wind Energy ProjectTexasWind148 MW2018
Taylor County SolarGeorgiaSolar148 MW2016
Campo Verde SolarCaliforniaSolar147 MW2013
Grant Plains Wind, LLCOklahomaWind147 MW2016
Skookumchuck Wind FacilityWashingtonWind136 MW2020
Tyler Bluff Wind Project, LLCTexasWind126 MW2016
East Pecos SolarTexasSolar118 MW2017
Glass Sands Wind FacilityOklahomaWind117 MW2021
Butler Solar Project 103GeorgiaSolar104 MW2016
Henrietta Solar ProjectCaliforniaSolar102 MW2016
Lamesa SolarTexasSolar102 MW2017
Boulder Solar Power, LLCNevadaSolar100 MW2016
Wildhorse Mountain Wind FacilityOklahomaWind100 MW2019
Decatur Parkway Solar Project, LLCGeorgiaSolar80 MW2015
Rutherford FarmNorth CarolinaSolar74.8 MW2016
North Star SolarCaliforniaSolar61.6 MW2015
Beech Ridge II Wind Energy CenterWest VirginiaWind56.2 MW2020
Macho SpringsNew MexicoSolar55 MW2014
Passadumkeag Windpark LLCMaineWind42.9 MW2016
Lost Hills/BlackwellCaliforniaSolar32 MW2015
Cimarron Solar FacilityNew MexicoSolar30.6 MW2010
Pawpaw Solar PlantGeorgiaSolar30.5 MW2016
Spectrum Solar PV Power ProjectNevadaSolar30.2 MW2013
Butler Solar Farm 20GeorgiaSolar22 MW2016
RE Garland ACaliforniaSolar20.2 MW2016
Adobe SolarCaliforniaSolar20 MW2014
Apex Solar PV Power ProjectNevadaSolar20 MW2012
Calipatria Solar FarmCaliforniaSolar20 MW2016
Decatur County Solar ProjectGeorgiaSolar20 MW2015
Gaskell West 1 Solar FacilityCaliforniaSolar20 MW2018
Morelos del SolCaliforniaSolar15 MW2015
Granville Solar PV Power ProjectNorth CarolinaSolar2.5 MW2012