TALLULAH FALLS
OperatingHydro power plant
- Capacity
- 72 MW
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- County
- Habersham County
- Operator
- GEORGIA POWER CO
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 1913
- EIA plant ID
- 723
- Generators
- 6
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Net generation (2024)
- 72 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 11%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 34.7313, -83.3758
TALLULAH FALLS, a 72 MW Hydro power plant in Habersham County, Georgia. Operated by GEORGIA POWER CO, commissioned 1913.
How TALLULAH FALLS compares
With 72 MW of capacity, TALLULAH FALLS ranks 50th among the 104 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Georgia and 10th of the 29 operating Hydro plants in the state. It accounts for about 2.0% of Georgia's operating Hydro capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 228th-largest of the 1,243 operating Hydro plants in the database. Commissioned in 1913, it is older than 97% 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 Habersham County with one other operating plant, TUGALO DAM.
EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 72 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional hydroelectric technology. Net generation was 72 GWh in 2024 (an 11% capacity factor), down 53% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1913 and 1920.
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by GEORGIA POWER CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 7 operating power plants totaling 124 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is TUGALO DAM (45 MW, Hydro).
Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology
Weather peril exposure
TALLULAH FALLS is a 72 MW hydro power plant in Habersham County, GA, operated by GEORGIA POWER CO, commissioned in 1913. Habersham County carries moderate modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 2.5 of 5 at the 38th national percentile. Lightning is the leading peril, rated Relatively Moderate by FEMA at the 98th percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a hydro plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Habersham County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning | Relatively Moderate | 98th | 4.9 of 5 | 61.7 |
| Ice storm | Relatively Moderate | 81st | 4.2 of 5 | 1.6 |
| Earthquake | Relatively Low | 70th | 3.8 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Hurricane | Very Low | 54th | 3.2 of 5 | 0.03 |
| Hail | Relatively Low | 50th | 3.0 of 5 | 4.6 |
| Wildfire | Very Low | 49th | 3.0 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Tornado | Relatively Low | 44th | 2.8 of 5 | 0.15 |
| Strong wind | Relatively Low | 33rd | 2.3 of 5 | 2.4 |
| Riverine flooding | Relatively Low | 27th | 2.1 of 5 | 1.2 |
| Winter weather | Very Low | 22nd | 1.9 of 5 | 5.5 |
| Heat wave | Very Low | 8th | 1.3 of 5 | 0.11 |
Perils not assessed in Habersham 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 Habersham 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.