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Buford — Power plant · Hydro · USCE-Mobile DistrictQUALITY INVESTMENT PROPERTIES SUWANEE, LLC — Large load · GA · 14.1 km awayADP DATA CENTER (DC1) — Large load · GA · 18.1 km awayFLEXENTIAL ATL 4 DATA CENTER — Large load · GA · 18.1 km awayAT & T DATA CENTER — Large load · GA · 18.5 km awayWESTSIDE PARKWAY OWNER LLC — Large load · GA · 20.1 km away
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Buford

Power plant · Hydro

Key facts

Power plant · Hydroran 12% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
2003
Net generation, 2025
142,644 MWh
Grid
115 kV to Georgia Power Co (SOCO)
Location
Forsyth County, Georgia
Operated by
USCE-Mobile DistrictSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2025

Operations detail

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Technology
Hydro source: “Conventional Hydroelectric”
Age
23 years since 2003
All 5 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
Gem
Unit ids
G100000603784
Location id
L100000603746
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025486,701
Capacity factor, 20250.124
Net generation (MWh), 2025142,644
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
86 MW
Generators retired
3
Capacity still in service
131.2 MW
GeneratorTechnologyNameplateStateDate
1Conventional Hydroelectric40 MWRetiredDecember 2003
2Conventional Hydroelectric40 MWRetiredDecember 2004
3Conventional Hydroelectric6 MWRetiredFebruary 2005

Grid

EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).
Grid voltage at the plant
115 kV
Transmission or distribution system owner
Georgia Power Co
Balancing authority
Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans
NERC region
SERC
Transmission lines within 25 km (4)
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.

Timeline

  • Stated Unit 3 scheduled to retire, 6 MW · EIA-860M
  • Stated Unit 2 scheduled to retire, 40 MW · EIA-860M
  • Stated Unit 1 scheduled to retire, 40 MW · EIA-860M
  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

5 sources

Sources EIA-860M · GEM · LBNL · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Sources

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 25 km
ProjectKindAwayMW
QUALITY INVESTMENT PROPERTIES SUWANEE, LLC Built Large load 14.1 km
ADP DATA CENTER (DC1) Built Large load 18.1 km
FLEXENTIAL ATL 4 DATA CENTER Unknown Large load 18.1 km
AT & T DATA CENTER Built Large load 18.5 km
WESTSIDE PARKWAY OWNER LLC Built Large load 20.1 km

Sources EPA ICIS-Air · EPA ICIS-NPDES