nyse gar industry utilities founded 1945 headquarters atlanta georgia usa key people paul bowers president & ceo 1 number of employees 8 310 2 website www.georgiapower.com georgia power is an electric utility headquartered in atlanta georgia united states . it was established as the georgia railway and power company 3 and began operations in 1902 running streetcars in atlanta as a successor to the atlanta consolidated street railway company . georgia power is the largest of the four electric utilities that are owned and operated by southern company . georgia power is an investor owned tax paying public utility that serves more than 2.25 million customers in all but four of georgia s 159 counties . 4 it employs approximately 9 000 workers throughout the state . the georgia power building its primary corporate office building is located at 241 ralph mcgill boulevard in downtown atlanta . in 2006 the savannah electric & power company a separate subsidiary of southern company was merged into georgia power . contents 1 history 2 coal power 2.1 transmission system 2.2 transition to renewables 3 generating facilities 3.1 hydroelectric dams 3.2 fossil fuel power plants 3.3 nuclear power plants 4 notes 5 references 6 external links history edit originally the georgia railway and power company it began in 1902 as a company running the streetcars in atlanta and was the successor to the atlanta consolidated street railway company . in the 1930s the company published a free newsletter called two bells which was distributed on its streetcars ; two bells was still distributed into the 1960s on the buses of successor atlanta transit company atc . 5 from 1937 until 1950 georgia power also operated trolleybuses in atlanta and in 1950 its network of 31 electric bus routes was the largest trolley bus system in the united states . 6 after the atlanta transit strike of 1950 the atlanta transit company took over operations . atlanta streetcar was formed in the 2000s to establish a new streetcar service along peachtree street . the company built several dams including the morgan falls dam just north of the city and some as far away as the tallulah river in the northeast georgia mountains . these hydroelectric dams form lake burton lake seed lake rabun lake tallulah falls lake tugalo and lake yonah the last two of which straddle the georgia south carolina border on the tugaloo river . the 2016 delta air lines power outage is an event that occurred in the united states 7 in which hundreds of delta air lines flights were delayed or cancelled . 8 though it was initially suspected that the company was at fault it was later determined that this was indeed not the case . 9 coal power edit main article plant scherer georgia power operates the robert w. scherer power plant also known as plant scherer in monroe county georgia . according to natural history magazine as of 2006 update plant scherer is the largest single point source for carbon dioxide emissions in the united states . 10 it was also ranked the 20th in the world in terms of carbon dioxide emissions by the center for global development on its list of global power plants in november 2007 . it was the only power plant in the united states that was listed in the world s top 25 carbon dioxide producers . 11 transmission system edit georgia power utilizes transmission lines carrying 115 000 volts 230 000 volts and 500 000 volts . georgia power has interconnections with the tennessee valley authority to the north sister company alabama power to the west south carolina electric and gas and duke energy to the east and gulf power another sister company florida power & light progress energy florida and the city of tallahassee florida to the south . transition to renewables edit main article coal phase out georgia power asked the state s public service commission for approval to convert the coal fired plant mitchell to run on wood fuel . if approved the retrofit would have begun in 2011 and the biomass plant would have started operating in mid 2012 . the 96 mw 129 000 hp biomass plant would have run on surplus wood from suppliers within a 100 mi 160 km radius of the plant which is located near albany georgia . however in 2014 the company announced it was decertifying the plant and intended to close its operations by april 2015 . generating facilities edit georgia power owns and operates a total of 44 generating plants which include hydroelectric dams fossil fueled generating plants and nuclear power plants which provide electricity to more than 2.4 million customers in all but four of georgia s counties . 12 hydroelectric dams edit georgia power hydro incorporates 19 hydro electric generating units to produce a generation capacity of 844 720 kilowatts kw . georgia power hydro facilities also provide more than 45 985 acres 18 609 ha of water and more than 1 057 mi 1 701 km of shoreline for habitat and recreational use . plant nearest city capacity barnett shoals hydroelectric generating plant athens georgia 2 800 kw bartletts ferry hydroelectric generating plant columbus georgia 173 000 kw burton hydroelectric generating plant clayton georgia 6 120 kw estatoah hydroelectric generating plant mountain city georgia 240 kw flint river hydroelectric generating plant albany georgia 5 400 kw goat rock hydroelectric generating plant columbus georgia 38 600 kw langdale hydroelectric generating plant west point georgia 1 040 kw lloyd shoals hydroelectric generating plant jackson georgia 14 400 kw morgan falls hydroelectric generating plant sandy springs georgia 16 800 kw nacoochee hydroelectric generating plant clayton georgia 4 800 kw north highlands hydroelectric generating plant columbus georgia 29 600 kw oliver dam hydroelectric generating plant columbus georgia 60 000 kw riverview hydroelectric generating plant west point georgia 480 kw rocky mountain hydroelectric generating plant rome georgia 215 256 kw sinclair dam hydroelectric generating plant eatonton georgia 45 000 kw tallulah falls hydroelectric generating plant tallulah falls georgia 72 000 kw terrora hydroelectric generating plant tallulah falls georgia 16 000 kw tugalo hydroelectric generating plant lakemont georgia 45 000 kw wallace dam hydroelectric generating plant eatonton georgia 321 300 kw yonah hydroelectric generating plant lakemont georgia 22 500 kw fossil fuel power plants edit plant nearest city number of units capacity bowen steam electric generating plant plant bowen cartersville georgia 4 3 160 000 kw harllee branch jr. steam electric generating plant plant branch closed eatonton georgia 4 1 539 700 kw william p. hammond steam electric generating plant rome georgia 4 800 000 kw kraft steam electric generating plant savannah georgia 4 281 136 kw john j. mcdonough steam electric generating plant smyrna georgia 2 490 000 kw mcintosh steam electric generating plant savannah georgia 9 810 000 kw mcintosh combined cycle plant rincon georgia 2 1 240 000 kw clifford braswall mcmanus steam electric generating plant brunswick georgia 2 596 000 kw w. e. mitchell steam electric generating plant 31 26 41.13 n 84 8 2.34 w albany georgia 4 243 000 kw robins steam electric generating plant warner robins georgia 2 166 000 kw robert w. scherer steam electric generating plant plant scherer juliette georgia 4 3 272 000 kw wansley steam electric generating plant plant wansley carrollton georgia 2 951 872 kw allen b. wilson combustion turbine plant waynesboro georgia 354 100 kw eugene a. yates steam electric generating plant newnan georgia 7 1 250 000 kw nuclear power plants edit plant nearest city number of units capacity alvin w. vogtle electric generating plant waynesboro georgia 2 2 430 000 kw edwin i. hatch nuclear power plant baxley georgia 2 1 726 000 kw notes edit 1 dead link sec filings southern company press release . southern company . see generally carson o. e. the trolley titans interurban special no. 76 glendale 1981 091637446 7 . 2 dead link kurtz p. 69 sebree mac ; and ward paul 1974 . the trolley coach in north america pp. 14 19 . los angeles interurbans . lccn 74 20367 . jamieson alastair 1970 01 01 . delta warns of chaos after power outage worldwide system failure . nbc news . retrieved 2016 08 11 . isidore chris . delta still digging out on day 3 aug. 10 2016 . money.cnn.com . retrieved 2016 08 11 . http www.dallasnews.com business airline industry 20160809 delta power outage wasn t the cause of its global computer disruption.ece 3 dead link cgd ranks co2 emissions from power plants worldwide eurekalert science news . eurekalert.org . 2007 11 14 . retrieved 2016 08 11 . 4 dead link references edit kurtz wilber technical advisor the making of gone with the wind . the hollywood journals atlanta historical journal vol . xxii no. 2 summer 1978 . external links edit georgia power official site southern company v t e georgia power georgia power company corporate headquarters morgan falls dam plant bowen plant scherer plant 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