Power plant · Georgia, United States
Chattahoochee Energy Facility
Chattahoochee Energy Facility is a power plant in Georgia, United States, with 540 MW of capacity, owned by Oglethorpe Power Corporation.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Georgia | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2003 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Oglethorpe Power Corporation | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Oglethorpe Power Corporation | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 540 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 33.4072, -85.0386 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares
Chattahoochee Energy Facility is the 23rd-largest of 26 power plants in Georgia and the 687th-largest of 800 in the United States by capacity; its 540 MW is <0.1% of the 839,036 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 23rd of 26 | 31,710 MW | 1.7% |
| United States | 687th of 800 | 839,036 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 785th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 3 data centers (1 operating, 636 MW) and 1 mine, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Vindicator Mine | Mine | — | Operating | 41 km |
| Microsoft Fairwater Atlanta | Data center | 636 MW | Operating | 48 km |
| QTS | Data center | — | — | 48 km |
| QTS | Data center | — | — | 48 km |
Owner, operator and place
More from Oglethorpe Power Corporation
- Vogtle4,658 MW
- Scherer2,673 MW
- Edwin I Hatch1,848 MW
- Thomas A Smith Energy Facility1,192 MW
- Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant848 MW
- Smarr Combined Cycle Energy Facility804 MW · planned
- Washington County Power LLC796 MW
- Talbot County Energy726 MW
Other power plants in Georgia
- Vogtle4,658 MW
- Bowen3,499 MW
- Jack McDonough2,848 MW
- Scherer2,673 MW
- Edwin I Hatch1,848 MW
- McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility1,377 MW
- Wansley Combined Cycle1,239 MW
- Thomas A Smith Energy Facility1,192 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.