WALTON COUNTY POWER LLC

How WALTON COUNTY POWER LLC compares

With 494 MW of capacity, WALTON COUNTY POWER LLC ranks 26th among the 104 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Georgia and 16th of the 26 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 3.3% of Georgia's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 337th-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. Its operator, CAMS MACKINAW POWER OPERATIONS LLC, runs 5 operating plants in Georgia totaling 2,964 MW. It shares Walton County with 2 other operating plants, DOYLE GENERATING FACILITY and MPC GENERATING.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 494 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 314 GWh in 2024 (a 7.2% capacity factor), down 58% 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 7 operating power plants totaling 1,723 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is DAHLBERG (919 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 9 mapped data centers; the nearest is QTS Atlanta-Suwanee (SUW1) in Suwanee, about 25.9 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