How many hydro power plants are in Georgia?

Georgia has 30 operating utility-scale hydro power plants with 3.6 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest hydro power plant in Georgia?

Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant in Floyd County, Georgia is the largest, at 848 MW. It came online in 1995.

How many hydro power plants were built in Georgia in 2025?

0 hydro power plants came online in Georgia in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing hydro power plants in Georgia?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Hydro power plants in Georgia

Georgia has 30 operating hydro power plants with 3.6 GW of capacity.

Operating30

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Georgia had 30 hydro power plants online in 2016 and 30 in 2026

2016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’252026’26

Hydro power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest hydro power plants in Georgia

Operating, by capacity

#	Hydro power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant	Floyd County	1995	848 MW
2	Richard B Russell	Elbert County	2002	628 MW
3	Carters	Murray County	1977	500 MW
4	Hartwell Lake	Hart County	1983	420 MW
5	Wallace Dam	Hancock County	1980	321 MW
6	Walter F George	Clay County	1963	168 MW
7	Buford	Forsyth County	2005	131 MW
8	Allatoona	Bartow County	1950	87 MW
9	West Point (GA)	Troup County	1975	73 MW
10	Tallulah Falls	Habersham County	1920	72 MW

Hydro power plants that came online most recently in Georgia

Newest first

#	Hydro power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Buford	Forsyth County	2005	131 MW
2	Richard B Russell	Elbert County	2002	628 MW
3	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant	Floyd County	1995	848 MW
4	Blue Ridge	Fannin County	1994	24 MW
5	Nottely	Union County	1993	16 MW
6	High Shoals Hydro (GA)	Morgan County	1988	1 MW
7	Tallassee Hydro Project	Clarke County	1986	2 MW
8	Hartwell Lake	Hart County	1983	420 MW
9	Wallace Dam	Hancock County	1980	321 MW
10	Carters	Murray County	1977	500 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks hydro power plants

Operating hydro power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about hydro power plants in Georgia

How many hydro power plants are in Georgia?: Georgia has 30 operating utility-scale hydro power plants with 3.6 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest hydro power plant in Georgia?: Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant in Floyd County, Georgia is the largest, at 848 MW. It came online in 1995.
How many hydro power plants were built in Georgia in 2025?: 0 hydro power plants came online in Georgia in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing hydro power plants in Georgia?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.