How many natural gas power plants are in Georgia?

Georgia has 34 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 19 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in Georgia?

Jack McDonough in Cobb County, Georgia is the largest, at 2,765 MW. It came online in 2012.

How many natural gas power plants were built in Georgia in 2025?

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

Who is developing natural gas 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.

Natural gas power plants in Georgia

Georgia has 34 operating natural gas power plants with 19 GW of capacity.

Operating34

See planned natural gas power plants in Georgia

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Georgia had 31 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 34 in 2026

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

The 10 largest natural gas power plants in Georgia

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Jack McDonough	Cobb County	2012	2,765 MW
2	McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility	Effingham County	2005	1,377 MW
3	Wansley Combined Cycle	Heard County	2002	1,239 MW
4	Thomas A Smith Energy Facility	Murray County	2002	1,192 MW
5	Tenaska Georgia Generation Facility	Heard County	2002	1,099 MW
6	Dahlberg	Jackson County	2001	919 MW
7	McIntosh	Effingham County	1995	810 MW
8	Yates	Coweta County	1974	807 MW
9	Washington County Power LLC	Washington County	2003	796 MW
10	Talbot County Energy	Talbot County	2003	726 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in Georgia

Newest first

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Crisp Plant	Worth County	2023	23 MW
2	Solar BESS Hybrid	Cobb County	2022	1 MW
3	Tech Square Microgrid	Fulton County	2020	1 MW
4	Jack McDonough	Cobb County	2012	2,765 MW
5	MAS ASB Cogen Plant	Fulton County	2012	7 MW
6	McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility	Effingham County	2005	1,377 MW
7	Wansley Unit 9	Heard County	2004	594 MW
8	Bobby C Smith Jr Energy Facility	Effingham County	2003	597 MW
9	Washington County Power LLC	Washington County	2003	796 MW
10	Talbot County Energy	Talbot County	2003	726 MW

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

How Cleanview tracks natural gas power plants

Operating natural gas 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 natural gas power plants in Georgia

How many natural gas power plants are in Georgia?: Georgia has 34 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 19 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in Georgia?: Jack McDonough in Cobb County, Georgia is the largest, at 2,765 MW. It came online in 2012.
How many natural gas power plants were built in Georgia in 2025?: 0 natural gas power plants came online in Georgia in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas 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.