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EIA plant 7813

Cedartown · Polk · GA

Sewell Creek Energy

Operated by Oglethorpe Power Corporation

Annual generation522,907 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesNGCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextSouthern Company Services, Inc. - TransBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Sewell Creek Energy?

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33.948600, -85.276900

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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 Combustion Turbine570 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.

11,898.89
285.71
31,729.48
413,323.16
574,475.69
6126,093.78
7140,133.02
868,763.56
973,303.85
1019,413.37
112,745.68
12940.81

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
11,898.89
285.71
31,729.48
413,323.16
574,475.69
6126,093.78
7140,133.02
868,763.56
973,303.85
1019,413.37
112,745.68
12940.81

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
11,899 MWh
286 MWh
31,729 MWh
413,323 MWh
574,476 MWh
6126,094 MWh
7140,133 MWh
868,764 MWh
973,304 MWh
1019,413 MWh
112,746 MWh
12941 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
3Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG164OP
4Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG164OP
1Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG121OP
2Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG121OP

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EIA plant ID
7813
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, 7 has the highest recorded value (140,133 MWh) and 2 the lowest (86 MWh). Their difference is 140,047 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 121 (1, 2) to 164 (3, 4). The difference is 43 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
1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine121.096.9109.165.0
2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine121.098.0112.165.0
3Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine164.0125.0147.469.0
4Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine164.0125.9142.869.0

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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