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EIA plant 64570

Appling · Columbia · GA

Columbia Substation

Operated by Westbound Solar LLC

Annual generation3,867 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 Columbia Substation?

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33.567718, -82.299071

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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 Photovoltaic2 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.

1238
2265
3322
4414
5406
6452
7411
8432
9254
10254
11208
12211

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
1238
2265
3322
4414
5406
6452
7411
8432
9254
10254
11208
12211

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1238 MWh
2265 MWh
3322 MWh
4414 MWh
5406 MWh
6452 MWh
7411 MWh
8432 MWh
9254 MWh
10254 MWh
11208 MWh
12211 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
GPCOLSolar PhotovoltaicSUN2OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
64570
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, 6 has the highest recorded value (452 MWh) and 11 the lowest (208 MWh). Their difference is 244 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
GPCOLSolar Photovoltaic2.02.02.0Not 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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