PLANT YATES
OperatingCoal power plant
- Capacity
- 1,487 MW
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- County
- Coweta County
- Operator
- GEORGIA POWER CO
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 1974
- EIA plant ID
- 728
- Generators
- 2
- Net generation (2024)
- 2,096 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 30%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 33.4619, -84.8976
PLANT YATES, a 1,487 MW Coal power plant in Coweta County, Georgia. Operated by GEORGIA POWER CO, commissioned 1974.
How PLANT YATES compares
With 1,487 MW of capacity, PLANT YATES ranks 6th among the 104 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Georgia and 4th of the 5 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 13% of Georgia's operating Coal capacity and 4.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 72nd-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1974, it is older than 65% 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.
Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 807 MW of nameplate capacity (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 1,487 MW). Net generation was 2,096 GWh in 2024 (a 30% capacity factor), up 52% 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 3,941 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is WANSLEY COMBINED CYCLE (1,239 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 8 mapped data centers; the nearest is QTS Atlanta-Metro (ATL1) in Atlanta, about 35.0 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
Weather peril exposure
PLANT YATES is a 1,487 MW coal power plant in Coweta County, GA, operated by GEORGIA POWER CO, commissioned in 1974. Coweta County carries elevated modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 2.8 of 5 at the 44th national percentile. Lightning is the leading peril, rated Relatively Moderate by FEMA at the 96th percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a coal plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Coweta County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning | Relatively Moderate | 96th | 4.8 of 5 | 63.2 |
| Ice storm | Relatively Moderate | 63rd | 3.5 of 5 | 0.88 |
| Hail | Relatively Moderate | 57th | 3.3 of 5 | 5.1 |
| Hurricane | Relatively Low | 51st | 3.0 of 5 | 0.07 |
| Earthquake | Relatively Low | 50th | 3.0 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Tornado | Relatively Moderate | 45th | 2.8 of 5 | 0.31 |
| Wildfire | Very Low | 38th | 2.5 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Strong wind | Relatively Moderate | 19th | 1.8 of 5 | 2.5 |
| Riverine flooding | Relatively Low | 19th | 1.7 of 5 | 0.96 |
| Heat wave | Relatively Low | 18th | 1.7 of 5 | 2.7 |
| Winter weather | Very Low | 17th | 1.7 of 5 | 1.6 |
Perils not assessed in Coweta County
These perils carry no usable National Risk Index figure for this county, so they are excluded from the scoring rather than scored zero. A zero would claim the peril was assessed and found benign.
| Peril | Why it is not scored |
|---|---|
| Coastal flooding | FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Coweta County in the weather risk calculator
Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.
Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.