Robert W Scherer Plant
3,520 MW Georgia plant, long the top carbon emitter in the United States.
Overview
Four 880 MW units around a 304 m stack entered service 1982 to 1989. At peak it burned about 1,200 rail cars of coal daily. Two units retired in 2022 under Georgia Power planning.
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