TENASKA GEORGIA GENERATION FACILITY

How TENASKA GEORGIA GENERATION FACILITY compares

With 1,099 MW of capacity, TENASKA GEORGIA GENERATION FACILITY ranks 9th among the 104 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Georgia and 3rd of the 26 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 7.4% of Georgia's operating Natural Gas capacity and 3.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 75th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2001, it is newer than 77% of the 101 operating Georgia plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Heard County with 4 other operating plants, including WANSLEY COMBINED CYCLE and WANSLEY UNIT 9.

EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 1,099 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 33.8 GWh in 2024 (a 0.4% capacity factor), down 96% from 2022. Its generators came online between 2001 and 2002.

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 5 operating power plants totaling 4,329 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PLANT YATES (1,487 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles are 8 mapped data centers; the nearest is QTS Atlanta-Metro (ATL1) in Atlanta, about 44.5 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