SAVANNAH RIVER MILL

How SAVANNAH RIVER MILL compares

With 140 MW of capacity, SAVANNAH RIVER MILL ranks 38th among the 104 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Georgia and 3rd of the 19 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 11% of Georgia's operating Oil capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 29th-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1986, it is older than 51% of the 101 operating Georgia plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Effingham County with 3 other operating plants, including MCINTOSH and PLANT MCINTOSH.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 140 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly petroleum coke technology. Net generation was 133 GWh in 2024 (an 11% capacity factor), down 27% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1986 and 1989.

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 9 operating power plants totaling 3,820 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is JASPER (1,002 MW, Natural Gas).

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