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The Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant is a pumped-storage power plant located 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Rome in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is named after Rock Mountain on top of which the plant's upper reservoir is located. Construction on the plant began in 1977 and it was commissioned in 1995. After upgrades were completed in 2011, the plant has an installed capacity of 1,095 megawatts (1,468,000 hp). It is owned by both Oglethorpe Power and Georgia Power which have 75 percent and 25 percent stakes, respectively.
Read more on WikipediaThe Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant is a pumped-storage hydroelectric facility located in Floyd County, Georgia. With a total capacity of 847.8 MW, it is the largest of seven hydroelectric plants in Georgia and ranks 28th out of 194 nationally. The plant began operating in 1995 and utilizes water as its primary fuel source. It has three generators.
The plant is owned by Southern Company and operated by Oglethorpe Power Corporation. It operates within the Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans balancing authority and the SERC NERC region. Financial data indicates an installed cost of $828.77 per kW, according to FERC filings.
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