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EIA plant 59449

Bainbridge · Decatur · GA

Decatur County Solar Project

Operated by Southern Power Co

Annual generation42,175 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesSUNCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextSouthern Company Services, Inc. - TransBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Decatur County Solar Project?

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30.965000, -84.626111

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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

TechnologySolar Photovoltaic20 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.

12,689
22,980
33,500
44,466
54,240
64,657
74,290
84,852
92,875
103,462
111,708
122,456

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
12,689
22,980
33,500
44,466
54,240
64,657
74,290
84,852
92,875
103,462
111,708
122,456

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
12,689 MWh
22,980 MWh
33,500 MWh
44,466 MWh
54,240 MWh
64,657 MWh
74,290 MWh
84,852 MWh
92,875 MWh
103,462 MWh
111,708 MWh
122,456 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
DCSP1Solar PhotovoltaicSUN20OP

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EIA plant ID
59449
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
Unavailable
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 (4,852 MWh) and 11 the lowest (1,708 MWh). Their difference is 3,144 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
DCSP1Solar Photovoltaic20.019.019.0Not supplied

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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