# Oglethorpe Power to build $2B natural gas plants in Georgia

Oglethorpe Power announced plans to invest about $2 billion to construct two combined-cycle natural gas generating units (1,200 MW total) adjacent to its Smarr Energy Facility in Forsyth, Georgia, and add a simple-cycle unit at its Box Springs facility in Talbot County, Georgia.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2022-07-17
- Where: Forsyth, Georgia; Talbot County, Georgia, United States
- Value: $2.00B
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1,200 MW
- Products: electricity
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Oglethorpe Power](https://endata.com/companies/16050.md)

## Sources

- [uspublicworks.com](https://uspublicworks.com/billion-dollar-projects/), 2022-07-17: "Oglethorpe Power announced its Board of Directors and 38 member cooperatives decided to invest about $2 billion constructing a two unit, roughly 1,200 mw total, highly efficient combined cycle natural gas fired generating plants in Forsyth Georgia."

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