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Mitchell (GA)

Power plant · Coal

Key facts

Power plant · Coalran 2% of 2015 Retired
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1948
Net generation, 2015
46,144 MWh
Grid
115 kV to Georgia Power Co (SOCO)
Location
Dougherty County, Georgia
Operated by
Georgia Power Co

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2016
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2016
  • Coal
  • Oil

Operations detail

Details

Who’s behind it

Owner
Southern CO

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Technology
Coal source: “Conventional Steam Coal”
Age
78 years since 1948
All 3 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
Gem
Parents
Name
Southern Co
Share pct
100
Gem entity id
E100000001309
Unit ids
G100000106958
Location id
L100000103844
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110000360957
NAICS code
221112
Subpart PP (CO2 supply)
No
Subpart RR (geologic sequestration)
No
Subpart UU (CO2 injection)
No
Reporting year
2023
GHGRP facility ID
1001510
Balancing authority codeSOCO

Retirement

EIA-860M September 2026StatusEvery generator EIA lists at this plant has retired. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.
Retired
August 2016
First unit retired
July 2002
Capacity retired
343.6 MW
Generators retired
6
GeneratorTechnologyNameplateStateDate
1Conventional Steam Coal27.5 MWRetiredJuly 2002
2Conventional Steam Coal27.5 MWRetiredDecember 2002
4CPetroleum Liquids41.8 MWRetiredMarch 2012
3Conventional Steam Coal163.2 MWRetiredAugust 2016
4APetroleum Liquids41.8 MWRetiredAugust 2016
4BPetroleum Liquids41.8 MWRetiredAugust 2016
By technology
TechnologyRetiredScheduled to retire
Conventional Steam Coal218.2 MW
Petroleum Liquids125.4 MW

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 (5)
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 Units 3, 4A, 4B scheduled to retire, 246.8 MW · EIA-860M
  • Stated Unit 4C scheduled to retire, 41.8 MW · EIA-860M
  • Stated Unit 2 scheduled to retire, 27.5 MW · EIA-860M
  • Stated Unit 1 scheduled to retire, 27.5 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
Centaurus Solar - GA Postponed Solar 9.9 km 400
Peach Wood Solar Announced Solar 13.5 km 261

Sources EIA-860M

Sources

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