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EIA plant 7917

Franklin · Heard · GA

Chattahoochee Energy Facility

Operated by Oglethorpe Power Corporation

Annual generation2,923,072 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesNGCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextSouthern Company Services, Inc. - TransBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

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33.407200, -85.038600

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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 Cycle539.7 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.

1369,522
2341,334
3206,661
4254,453
5260,358
6305,522
7327,613
8252,410
9203,735
10150,319
110
12251,145

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
1369,522
2341,334
3206,661
4254,453
5260,358
6305,522
7327,613
8252,410
9203,735
10150,319
110
12251,145

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1369,522 MWh
2341,334 MWh
3206,661 MWh
4254,453 MWh
5260,358 MWh
6305,522 MWh
7327,613 MWh
8252,410 MWh
9203,735 MWh
10150,319 MWh
110 MWh
12251,145 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
3Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG187.7OP
1Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG176OP
2Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG176OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
7917
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Chattahoochee River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 1 has the highest recorded value (369,522 MWh) and 11 the lowest (0 MWh). Their difference is 369,522 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 176 (1, 2) to 187.7 (3). The difference is 11.7 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 Combined Cycle176.0145.5169.565.0
2Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle176.0141.5167.5130.0
3Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle187.7179.0189.0130.0

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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