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EIA plant 55406

Rincon · Effingham · GA

Bobby C Smith Jr Energy Facility

Operated by Oglethorpe Power Corporation

Annual generation1,650,261 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesNGCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextSouthern Company Services, Inc. - TransBalancing authority or NERC region

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32.277252, -81.284411

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle596.6 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

194,316
237,441
30
40
50
631,662
7286,726
8357,881
9317,628
10192,364
11215,812
12116,431

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
194,316
237,441
30
40
50
631,662
7286,726
8357,881
9317,628
10192,364
11215,812
12116,431

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
194,316 MWh
237,441 MWh
30 MWh
40 MWh
50 MWh
631,662 MWh
7286,726 MWh
8357,881 MWh
9317,628 MWh
10192,364 MWh
11215,812 MWh
12116,431 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
UNT1Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG199.4OP
UNT2Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG199.4OP
STGNatural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG197.8OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
55406
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Municipality
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 8 has the highest recorded value (357,881 MWh) and 3, 4, 5 the lowest (0 MWh). Their difference is 357,881 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Reading the MW column

In the 3 numeric rows displayed in this table, MW ranges from 197.8 (STG) to 199.4 (UNT1, UNT2). The difference is 1.6 in the column's stated units. This summary covers the displayed rows and retains the table's period and scope.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
STGNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle197.8186.2198.166.0
UNT1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle199.4172.9184.0100.0
UNT2Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle199.4172.9184.0100.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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