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This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Georgia, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Georgia had a total summer capacity of 36,198 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 126,484 GWh. [ 2 ]
Electrical grid and power plants in the US The United States is home to a wide variety of power stations . The list below outlines power stations of significance by type, or by the state in which they reside.
It was named for then recently deceased Georgia Power president S. Morgan Smith's mother whose maiden name was Morgan. At the time it was by far the largest hydroelectric plant in the state. [ 1 ] In 1924 it was rebuilt as a 60 cycle plant with 15,000 kilowatts (up from the original 10,500 kW). [ 2 ]
Based on data as of 2018, Plant Scherer is the fourth-largest electric generating plant in the United States, the largest to be fueled exclusively by coal, [5] and the number one emitter of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S., at over 20,000,000 short tons (18,000,000 t) per year.
The Crisp County Power Dam, also known as the Warwick Dam, was the first county owned, constructed, and operated power dam in the United States, requiring an amendment to the Georgia State Constitution to make the project legally possible. [2] It came online in August, 1930, under the authority of the Crisp County Power Commission. [3]
The Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant is a pumped-storage power plant located 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Rome in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is named after Rock Mountain on top of which the plant's upper reservoir is located. Construction on the plant began in 1977 and it was commissioned in 1995.
A 57.5-megawatt battery system at Plant Hammond, a shuttered coal-fired power station outside Rome. The company said Plant Hammond is ideal because of the “existing infrastructure” at the site.
List of power stations in Georgia (U.S. state) This page was last edited on 10 ...