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Georgia Power Co — power plant portfolio

Georgia Power Co operates 43 power plants across 2 countries, with a combined installed capacity of 21,256 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 1,657,297 t CO₂/yr.

43power plants
21,256MW total capacity
2countries
1,657,297t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Hydro: 15 plants15HydroSolar: 11 plants11SolarCoal: 5 plants5CoalGas: 5 plants5GasOil: 3 plants3OilNuclear: 2 plants2NuclearStorage: 1 plants1Storage

Fleet interpretation

Georgia Power Co is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 2 countries; the largest concentration is United States of America (43), United States (0).

The fuel mix by asset count is hydro (15), solar (11), coal (5), gas (5). The largest listed asset is Scherer in United States of America (3,564 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 560 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 4 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 2 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 43 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
SchererCoalUnited States of America3,564
BowenCoalUnited States of America3,499
Jack McDonoughGasUnited States of America2,848
VogtleNuclearUnited States of America2,430
WansleyCoalUnited States of America1,9571,149,468
Edwin I HatchNuclearUnited States of America1,832
Harllee BranchCoalUnited States of America1,539
McIntosh Combined Cycle FacilityGasUnited States of America1,376
HammondCoalUnited States of America953
McIntoshGasUnited States of America81019,304
YatesGasUnited States of America807
McManusOilUnited States of America558367,800
Mitchell (GA)CoalUnited States of America344
Wallace DamHydroUnited States of America321
WilsonOilUnited States of America315
RobinsGasUnited States of America184120,725
Bartletts FerryHydroUnited States of America173
Tallulah FallsHydroUnited States of America72
Oliver DamHydroUnited States of America60
Sinclair DamHydroUnited States of America45
TugaloHydroUnited States of America45
Goat RockHydroUnited States of America39
Marine Corps Logistics Base SolarSolarUnited States of America31
Fort Benning Solar FacilitySolarUnited States of America30
Fort Gordon Solar FacilitySolarUnited States of America30
Fort Stewart Solar FacilitySolarUnited States of America30
Kings Bay Solar FacilitySolarUnited States of America30
North HighlandsHydroUnited States of America30
YonahHydroUnited States of America22
Morgan FallsHydroUnited States of America17
TerroraHydroUnited States of America16
BoulevardOilUnited States of America16
Lloyd ShoalsHydroUnited States of America14
Dalton 2SolarUnited States of America6
Burton DamHydroUnited States of America6
Flint RiverHydroUnited States of America5
NacoocheeHydroUnited States of America5
Guyton Community SolarSolarUnited States of America4
Waynesboro Community SolarSolarUnited States of America2
Comer SolarSolarUnited States of America2
Atlanta Falcons SolarSolarUnited States of America1
Cedartown Battery Energy Storage ProjectStorageUnited States of America1
Tri-County Solar FacilitySolarUnited States of America1

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does Georgia Power Co operate?

Georgia Power Co operates 43 power plants across 2 countries, with about 21,256 MW of total capacity.

What is Georgia Power Co's largest power plant?

Scherer in United States of America is its largest at about 3,564 MW.

What types of power plants does Georgia Power Co run?

Its fleet is mostly hydro (15), solar (11), coal (5).

How much CO₂ do Georgia Power Co's plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 1,657,297 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology