PLANT BOWEN

How PLANT BOWEN compares

With 3,540 MW of capacity, PLANT BOWEN ranks 2nd among the 104 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Georgia and 2nd of the 5 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 31% of Georgia's operating Coal capacity and 9.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 3rd-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1971, it is older than 67% of the 101 operating Georgia plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, GEORGIA POWER CO, runs 24 operating plants in Georgia totaling 19,021 MW. It shares Bartow County with one other operating plant, ALLATOONA.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 3,499 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional steam coal technology. Net generation was 10,712 GWh in 2024 (a 35% capacity factor), up 26% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1971 and 1975.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 500 kV line owned by GEORGIA POWER CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 3 operating power plants totaling 727 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is SEWELL CREEK ENERGY (570 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 9 mapped data centers; the nearest is QTS Atlanta-Metro (ATL1) in Atlanta, about 37.5 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