Carters

OperatingHydroHybrid

Ranked #3 of 30 Hydro plants in GA#49 of 1454 nationally

500 MW Conventional Hydroelectric (250 MW) + Hydroelectric Pumped Storage (250 MW) operating in Murray, GA — Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans

EIAGEMWD

500 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

units

Hybrid (2)

Technology

Conventional Hydroelectric + Hydroelectric Pumped Storage

1975

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

34.6121, -84.6733

County

Murray, GA

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Ownership & Operator

Owner data does not fully agree across sources.

EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	USCE-Mobile District	US Army Corps of Engineers - Mobile District	—
Owner(s)	USCE-Mobile District	US Army Corps of Engineers - Mobile District [100%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as US Army Corps of Engineers - Mobile District [100%]

This entity is not yet in the GEM ownership database — chain unavailable.

About

Carters Dam is an earthen embankment dam located south of Chatsworth in Murray County and west of Ellijay in northwestern Georgia, United States, that creates Carters Lake.

Read more on Wikipedia

The Carters plant is a 500 MW hybrid hydroelectric facility located in Murray County, Georgia. It began operating in 1975 and is owned and operated by USCE-Mobile District. The plant utilizes water as its primary fuel source and incorporates both conventional hydroelectric and hydroelectric pumped storage technologies. It consists of 4 generators.

Carters is a relatively small contributor to the state's power supply, ranking 3rd out of 7 hydroelectric plants in Georgia and 49th nationally out of 194 such facilities. In the latest year for which data is available, the plant generated 30,171 MWh of electricity, operating at a capacity factor of 0.7%. The plant is located within the Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans balancing authority and the SERC NERC region.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

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Engineering & Generators

Grid Context

NERC Region

SERC

Balancing Authority

Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans

Grid Voltage

230 kV

Regulatory Status

Entity Type

Federal

Sector

Electric Utility

Generation

−3.6K MWh

Net Charging

30.2K MWh

Annual Net Energy

0.7%

Capacity Factor

Jan 2023 – Dec 2025

Positive values indicate net discharge (generation exceeds station load). Negative values indicate net charging. Pure battery storage plants are typically net negative due to round-trip efficiency losses.

Financial Data

No financial data available for this plant.

Pricing & Market Data

This plant is outside organized wholesale electricity markets (ISOs/RTOs). Nodal pricing data is not available.

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