PLANT MCDONOUGH

How PLANT MCDONOUGH compares

With 2,604 MW of capacity, PLANT MCDONOUGH ranks 3rd among the 104 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Georgia and 3rd of the 5 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 23% of Georgia's operating Coal capacity and 7.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 11th-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 Cobb County with one other operating plant, RIVERWOOD 100 BUILDING.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 11 generators at the site with 2,848 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 17,987 GWh in 2024 (a 72% capacity factor), down 2% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1971 and 2012.

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 15 operating power plants totaling 67 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is MORGAN FALLS DAM (17 MW, Hydro). Within 50 miles are 9 mapped data centers; the nearest is QTS Atlanta-Metro (ATL1) in Atlanta, about 4.5 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