Georgia power plant bowen cartersville ga. Find out if you qualify. Preference is given to georgia based organizations with goals to improve the quality of life of georgias residents. Georgia powers rates remain well below the national average.
Georgia power is the largest subsidiary of southern company one of the nations largest generators of electricity. The station is connected to the southeastern power grid by numerous 500 kv transmission lines. Whether the plant uses water nuclear or fossil fuels we rely on highly skilled mechanics electricians and operators in addition to other specialized professions to keep the power on and costs low.
We operate many power generating plants throughout the southeast. Mid afternoon on april 4 unit 2 was beginning a maintenance outage and experienced an explosion the. Georgia power has announced that brandon dillard has been tapped to serve as the plant manager of the companys plant bowen near cartersville.
Plant bowen which began commercially operating in 1975 is located 9 miles southwest of cartersville georgia. Dillard replaces retiring plant manager tim banks. Plant bowen ccr rule compliance information.
The company is an investor owned tax paying utility serving 23 million customers in 155 of 159 counties in georgia. Georgia power is dedicated to giving back to the communities we serve. The april explosion at the coal fired power plant outside cartersville in bartow county that injured three resulted from a failure to comply with procedures and communicate.
317 covered bridge road sw cartersville ga 30120 770 606 6234 770 387 4386 fax. Vogtle units 3 and 4 will be the nations first new nuclear power units in more than 30 years. Plant bowen commonly known as bowen steam plant is a coal fired power station located just outside euharlee georgia united states approximately 87 mi 14 km west south west from cartersvilleat over 3450 megawatts plant bowen is one of the largest coal fired power plants in north america.