The Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Power Plant is near Baxley, Georgia, on a 2,244 acre (9 km²) site. It has two General Electric boiling water reactors with a total capacity of 1,726 megawatts. Previously, the reactors had a combined capacity listing of 1,848. Unit 1 went online in 1974 and was followed by Unit 2 in 1978. The Hatch plant is operated by the Southern Nuclear Operating Company, a subsidiary of Southern Company. Hatch's owners are:
- Georgia Power (50.1%) (also a Southern Company subsidiary)
- Oglethorpe Power Corporation (30%)
- Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia[1] (17.7%)
- Dalton Water & Light Sinking Fund Commission (2.2%)
References
- Energy Information Administration
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