WILSON
OperatingOil power plant
- Capacity
- 321 MW
- Primary fuel
- Oil
- County
- Burke County
- Operator
- GEORGIA POWER CO
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 1972
- EIA plant ID
- 6258
- Generators
- 7
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Net generation (2024)
- 1.6 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- under 0.1%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 33.1378, -81.7483
WILSON, a 321 MW Oil power plant in Burke County, Georgia. Operated by GEORGIA POWER CO, commissioned 1972.
How WILSON compares
With 321 MW of capacity, WILSON ranks 32nd among the 104 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Georgia and 2nd of the 19 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 25% of Georgia's operating Oil capacity and 0.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 18th-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1972, it is older than 66% 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 Burke County with one other operating plant, VOGTLE.
EIA-860 lists 7 generators at the site with 318 MW of nameplate capacity, all petroleum liquids technology. Net generation was 1.6 GWh in 2024 (a capacity factor under 0.1%). Its generators came online between 1972 and 1973.
Grid neighborhood
The nearest named substation is VOGTLE (500 kV), about 1.0 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by GEORGIA POWER CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 4 operating power plants totaling 3,184 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is VOGTLE (2,320 MW, Nuclear).
Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology
Weather peril exposure
WILSON is a 321 MW oil power plant in Burke County, GA, operated by GEORGIA POWER CO, commissioned in 1972. Burke County carries moderate modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 2.1 of 5 at the 28th national percentile. Earthquake is the leading peril, rated Relatively Low by FEMA at the 83rd percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to an oil plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Burke County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake | Relatively Low | 83rd | 4.3 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Hurricane | Relatively Low | 82nd | 4.3 of 5 | 0.15 |
| Ice storm | Relatively Moderate | 72nd | 3.9 of 5 | 1.0 |
| Lightning | Relatively Low | 72nd | 3.9 of 5 | 63.3 |
| Wildfire | Very Low | 51st | 3.0 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Winter weather | Very Low | 45th | 2.8 of 5 | 1.2 |
| Strong wind | Relatively Low | 44th | 2.8 of 5 | 3.0 |
| Tornado | Relatively Low | 44th | 2.8 of 5 | 0.41 |
| Heat wave | Relatively Low | 28th | 2.1 of 5 | 4.8 |
| Hail | Relatively Low | 27th | 2.1 of 5 | 2.5 |
| Riverine flooding | Very Low | 10th | 1.4 of 5 | 0.32 |
Perils not assessed in Burke 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 Burke 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.