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Bowen — Power plant · Coal · Georgia Power CoTHE KEEP 2 CAMPUS — Large load · GA · 12.1 km awayAragon Energy Storage — Storage · GA · 225 MW · 14.3 km away
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Bowen

Power plant · Coal

Key facts

Power plant · Coalran 40% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1971
Net generation, 2025
12,258,801 MWh
Grid
500 kV, 230 kV to Georgia Power Co (SOCO)
Location
Bartow County, Georgia
Operated by
Georgia Power Co

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2026
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2026
  • Coal
  • Oil

Operations detail

Details

Who’s behind it

Owner
Southern CO

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Technology
Coal source: “Conventional Steam Coal”
Age
55 years since 1971
Unused energy
18,389 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
Heat rate
9,831 Btu/kWh 2025
All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
Gem
Parents
Name
Southern Co
Share pct
100
Gem entity id
E100000001309
Unit ids
G100000108023, G100000108024, G100000108025, G100000108026
Location id
L100000103845
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110000356356
Subparts reported
C, D
NAICS code
221112
Subpart PP (CO2 supply)
No
Subpart RR (geologic sequestration)
No
Subpart UU (CO2 injection)
No
Reporting year
2023
GHGRP facility ID
1001505
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025120,514,556
Capacity factor, 20250.400
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 20259,830.9
Net generation (MWh), 202512,258,800.6
Balancing authority codeSOCO

Retirement

EIA-860M September 2026StatusSome generators have retired; the rest of the plant is still in service. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.
Capacity retired
41.8 MW
Generators retired
1
Capacity still in service
3,498.6 MW
GeneratorTechnologyNameplateStateDate
6Petroleum Liquids41.8 MWRetiredApril 2013

Grid

EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).
Grid voltage at the plant
500 kV, 230 kV
Transmission or distribution system owner
Georgia Power Co
Balancing authority
Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans
NERC region
SERC
Transmission lines within 25 km (10)
Can the connection be reused?

A plant that retires usually leaves its substation, transmission connection and interconnection agreement behind, and those may be reusable by a new project at the same site. FERC Order No. 845 lets an interconnection customer use surplus interconnection service at an existing site, and some transmission providers' tariffs let a replacement resource take over a retiring unit's interconnection service, usually within a set time after the retirement. Whether any such right still exists here, who holds it and on what terms depends on the owner, the transmission provider and timing; this page does not establish any of that.

Ownership

2 companies2
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
Georgia Power Co Operator EIA-860M
SOUTHERN CO Owner 100.0% 31 Dec 2023 EPA GHGRP

Timeline

  • Stated Unit 6 scheduled to retire, 41.8 MW · EIA-860M
  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

6 sources

Sources EIA-860M · GEM · LBNL · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)

Sources

Every source and license · Attribution

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 25 km
ProjectKindAwayMW
THE KEEP 2 CAMPUS Filed Large load 12.1 km
Aragon Energy Storage Postponed Storage 14.3 km 225

Sources EPA ICIS-Air · EIA-860M