Georgia total electric power industry, summer capacity and net generation, by energy source, 2010
Primary energy source |
Summer capacity
(mw) |
Share of State total
(percent) |
Net generation
(thousand mwh) |
Share of State total
(percent) |
Nuclear |
4,061 |
11.1 |
33,512 |
24.6 |
Coal |
13,230 |
36.1 |
73,298 |
54.0 |
Hydro and Pumped Storage |
3,851 |
10.5 |
3,044 |
2.7 |
Natural Gas |
12,668 |
34.6 |
23,884 |
15.9 |
Other 1 |
- |
- |
18 |
* |
Other Renewable1 |
637 |
1.7 |
3,181 |
2.2 |
Petroleum |
2,189 |
6.0 |
641 |
0.5 |
Total
| 36,636 |
100.0 |
128,698 |
100 |
1Municipal Solid Waste net generation is allocated according to the biogenic and non-biogenic components of the fuel; however, all Municipal Solid Waste summer capacity is classified as Renewable.
* = Absolute percentage less than 0.05.
- = No data reported.
Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
Other: Blast furnace gas, propane gas, other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels, non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuel, and miscellaneous technologies.
Other Renewable: Wood, black liquor, other wood waste, biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agriculture byproducts, other biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic energy, and wind.
Sources: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report." |
Georgia nuclear power plants, summer capacity and net generation, 2010
Plant name/total reactors |
Summer capacity
(mw) |
Net generation
(thousand mwh) |
Share of State nuclear
net generation (percent) |
Owner |
Edwin I Hatch
Unit 1, Unit 2 |
1,759 |
13,902 |
41.5 |
Georgia Power Co |
Vogtle
Unit 1, Unit 2 |
2,302 |
19,610 |
58.5 |
Georgia Power Co |
2 Plants
4 Reactors |
4,061 |
33,512 |
100.0 |
|
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
Source: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report." |
Plants in State
Edwin I Hatch Nuclear Plant
Unit |
Summer capacity
(mw) |
Net generation
(thousand mwh) |
Summer capacity factor
(percent) |
Type |
Commercial operation date |
License expiration date |
1 |
876 |
6,510 |
84.8 |
BWR |
12/31/1975 |
8/6/2034 |
2 |
883 |
7,392 |
95.6 |
BWR |
9/5/1979 |
6/13/2038 |
|
1,759 |
13,902 |
90.2 |
|
|
|
Data for 2010
BWR = Boiling Water Reactor.
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
Source: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report." |
Operator: Southern Nuclear Operating Company
Location: The Edwin I. Hatch nuclear power plant is near Baxley, Appling County, in southeastern Georgia. The plant, named for a former president and chairman of Georgia Power, is located on a 2,244-acre site.
Construction Cost: $3.214 billion (2007 USD)2
Reactor Descriptions: The Hatch plant has two General Electric Type 4 boiling water reactors.
Cooling System: The Hatch plant relies on mechanical draft cooling towers that draw water from the Altamaha River.
Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant
Unit |
Summer capacity
(mw) |
Net generation
(thousand mwh) |
Summer capacity factor
(percent) |
Type |
Commercial operation date |
License expiration date |
1 |
1,150 |
10,247 |
101.7 |
PWR |
6/1/1987 |
1/16/2047 |
2 |
1,152 |
9,363 |
92.8 |
PWR |
5/20/1989 |
2/9/2049 |
|
2,302 |
19,610 |
97.2 |
|
|
|
Data for 2010
PWR = Pressurized Light Water Reactor.
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
Source: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report." |
Operator: Southern Nuclear Operating Company
Location and Service Territory: This power plant is located in Burke County, near Augusta, Georgia.
Construction Cost: Vogtle's construction costs were $19.071 billion (2007 USD)2
Staffing: 840 employees
Reactor Descriptions: The Vogtle site includes two, Westinghouse four-loop pressurized water reactors. Each reactor vessel holds 193 fuel assemblies.
Cooling System: Vogtle draws cooling water from the Savannah River and supplements this cooling source with a pair of 548-foot tall natural draft towers.
2Nuclear Power Plant Construction Activity, DOE/EIA-0473(86), Energy Information Administration, 1986, pp 16-17, Table 5. Adjusted to 2007 Dollars using Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index.
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