CHATTAHOOCHEE ENERGY FACILITY

How CHATTAHOOCHEE ENERGY FACILITY compares

With 540 MW of capacity, CHATTAHOOCHEE ENERGY FACILITY ranks 23rd among the 104 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Georgia and 14th of the 26 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 3.6% of Georgia's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 306th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2003, it is newer than 85% of the 101 operating Georgia plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION, runs 8 operating plants in Georgia totaling 4,973 MW. It shares Heard County with 4 other operating plants, including WANSLEY COMBINED CYCLE and TENASKA GEORGIA GENERATION FACILITY.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 540 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 2,923 GWh in 2024 (a 62% capacity factor), up 14% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by GEORGIA POWER CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 5 operating power plants totaling 4,889 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PLANT YATES (1,487 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles are 8 mapped data centers; the nearest is QTS Atlanta-Metro (ATL1) in Atlanta, about 43.8 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology