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EIA plant 703

Cartersville · Bartow · GA

Bowen

Operated by Georgia Power Co

Annual generation10,712,354 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesBITCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextSouthern Company Services, Inc. - TransBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Bowen?

This locator uses the coordinates in the approved source record. It shows geographic context, not a site boundary, safety zone or property-risk area.

34.125600, -84.922200

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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

TechnologyConventional Steam Coal3,498.6 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.

11,181,045.98
2714,114
3430,728
4697,498
5722,414
61,330,737.97
71,392,161.02
81,383,791.02
91,051,779.01
10593,006
11488,635
12726,444

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
11,181,045.98
2714,114
3430,728
4697,498
5722,414
61,330,737.97
71,392,161.02
81,383,791.02
91,051,779.01
10593,006
11488,635
12726,444

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
11,181,046 MWh
2714,114 MWh
3430,728 MWh
4697,498 MWh
5722,414 MWh
61,330,738 MWh
71,392,161 MWh
81,383,791 MWh
91,051,779 MWh
10593,006 MWh
11488,635 MWh
12726,444 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
3Conventional Steam CoalBIT952OP
4Conventional Steam CoalBIT952OP
1Conventional Steam CoalBIT805.8OP
2Conventional Steam CoalBIT788.8OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
703
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Etowah River
Data edition
2024-final

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A closer look at Bowen

Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 7 has the highest recorded value (1,392,161 MWh) and 3 the lowest (430,728 MWh). Their difference is 961,433 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Reading the MW column

In the 4 numeric rows displayed in this table, MW ranges from 788.8 (2) to 952 (3, 4). The difference is 163.2 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
1Conventional Steam Coal805.8714.0714.0450.0
2Conventional Steam Coal788.8718.0718.0450.0
3Conventional Steam Coal952.0883.0883.0550.0
4Conventional Steam Coal952.0885.0885.0550.0

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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