Power plants in Georgia

Georgia has 261 power plants of 1 MW or more in the 2025 EIA-860 data, with 42.7 GW of nameplate capacity, the seventh-largest total among the 50 states and DC. Natural gas accounts for 44% of that capacity. The biggest single site is Vogtle at 4,658 MW. Units that came online from 2020 to 2025 add 6,349 MW, led by solar at 62%. Units retired since 2016 at plants still operating total 1,288 MW, most of it coal.

Natural gas18,593 MW44%
Nuclear6,506 MW15%
Coal6,172 MW14%
Solar5,413 MW13%
Hydroelectric1,962 MW4.6%
Pumped-storage hydro1,635 MW3.8%
Oil and petroleum1,401 MW3.3%
Biomass and waste882 MW2.1%
Battery storage146 MW0.3%
Other sources8.5 MW0.0%

What is running, by the decade it came online

NuclearCoalNatural gasOil and petroleumHydroelectricPumped-storage hydroSolarBattery storageBiomass and wasteOther sources

Columns above the line show capacity still operating in 2025, stacked by fuel. Below the line: capacity retired in each decade at plants that still operate.

The 25 largest plants

Rank	Plant	Runs on	Capacity	First unit	Operator
1	Vogtle	Nuclear	4,658 MW	1987	Georgia Power Co
2	Bowen	Coal	3,499 MW	1971	Georgia Power Co
3	Jack McDonough	Natural gas	2,848 MW	1971	Georgia Power Co
4	Scherer	Coal	2,673 MW	1982	Georgia Power Co
5	Edwin I Hatch	Nuclear	1,848 MW	1975	Georgia Power Co
6	McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility	Natural gas	1,377 MW	2005	Georgia Power Co
7	Wansley Combined Cycle	Natural gas	1,239 MW	2002	Southern Power Co
8	Thomas A Smith Energy Facility	Natural gas	1,192 MW	2002	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
9	Tenaska Georgia Generation Facility	Natural gas	1,099 MW	2001	Tenaska Georgia Partners LP
10	Dahlberg	Natural gas	919 MW	2000	Southern Power Co
11	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant	Pumped-storage hydro	848 MW	1995	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
12	McIntosh	Natural gas	810 MW	1994	Georgia Power Co
13	Yates	Natural gas	807 MW	1974	Georgia Power Co
14	Washington County Power LLC	Natural gas	796 MW	2003	CAMS (Georgia) Washington County Power
15	Talbot County Energy	Natural gas	726 MW	2002	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
16	Edward L. Addison Generating Plant	Natural gas	701 MW	2000	Southern Power Co
17	AL Sandersville LLC	Natural gas	692 MW	2002	CAMS (Georgia) AL Sandersville
18	Richard B Russell	Pumped-storage hydro	628 MW	1985	USCE-Savannah District
19	Bobby C Smith Jr Energy Facility	Natural gas	597 MW	2003	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
20	Wansley Unit 9	Natural gas	594 MW	2004	Municipal Electric Authority (GA)
21	Sewell Creek Energy	Natural gas	570 MW	2000	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
22	McManus	Oil and petroleum	560 MW	1964	Georgia Power Co
23	Chattahoochee Energy Facility	Natural gas	540 MW	2003	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
24	Carters	Hydroelectric	500 MW	1975	USCE-Mobile District
25	Hawk Road Facility	Natural gas	495 MW	2001	Oglethorpe Power Corporation

All 261 plants in the finder

Largest plant for each main fuel

Main fuel	Plants	Capacity	Largest plant	Its capacity
Natural gas	30	18.6 GW	Jack McDonough	2,848 MW
Nuclear	2	6,506 MW	Vogtle	4,658 MW
Coal	2	6,172 MW	Bowen	3,499 MW
Solar	150	5,495 MW	Wadley Solar	260 MW
Hydroelectric	27	1,800 MW	Carters	500 MW
Pumped-storage hydro	3	1,797 MW	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant	848 MW
Oil and petroleum	22	1,367 MW	McManus	560 MW
Biomass and waste	23	958 MW	Clearwater Paper Corporation - Augusta	84.7 MW
Battery storage	1	65 MW	Mossy Branch Battery Facility	65 MW
Other sources	1	8.5 MW	MCLB Biosteam to Energy	8.5 MW

Balancing areas

Area	Plants	Capacity
Southern Company	251	41.2 GW
Southeastern Power Administration	6	1,459 MW
Tennessee Valley Authority	3	40.5 MW
Dominion Energy South Carolina	1	17.6 MW

Biggest operators here

Operator	Plants	Capacity
Georgia Power Co	40	20.6 GW
Oglethorpe Power Corporation	11	6,472 MW
Southern Power Co	9	3,264 MW
Tenaska Georgia Partners LP	1	1,099 MW
USCE-Savannah District	2	1,048 MW
USCE-Mobile District	5	959 MW
CAMS (Georgia) Washington County Power	1	796 MW
CAMS (Georgia) AL Sandersville	1	692 MW
Municipal Electric Authority (GA)	1	594 MW
MPC Generating, LLC	1	386 MW