Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia
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| Official name | Robert W. Scherer Electric Generating Plant |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Monroe County, near Juliette, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 33°03′45″N 83°48′14″W / 33.062593°N 83.803883°WCoordinates: 33°03′45″N 83°48′14″W / 33.062593°N 83.803883°W |
| Commission date | 1982 |
| Owner(s) | (see article) |
| Operator(s) | Georgia Power |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
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| Units operational | 4 × 880 MW |
| Capacity factor | 61.2% |
The Robert W Scherer Power Plant (also known as Plant Scherer) is a coal-fired power plant in Juliette, Georgia, just north of Macon, Georgia, in the United States. The plant has four units, each producing 880 megawatts. The plant is named after the former chairman and chief executive officer of Georgia Power. It has two 1,001-foot (305 m) chimneys, the first built in 1982 and the second in 1986. Plant Scherer is the seventh largest electric generating plant in the United States, and is the #1 emitter of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S., at over 20 million tons per year.
The plant's location is along the flight path of many commercial airline flights originating from or terminating at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta, and is a prominent feature on the landscape, easily visible during daylight flights.
The plant is operated by Georgia Power, a subsidiary of the Southern Company. The plant is jointly owned by Georgia Power and sister company Gulf Power, along with Oglethorpe Power Corporation, the city of Dalton, Georgia; NextEra Energy (through subsidiary Florida Power & Light); JEA of Jacksonville, Florida; and the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia.
The coal used at the Scherer plant comes from Wyoming's Powder River Basin, and is delivered by Norfolk Southern to the plant by BNSF unit trains of up to 135 cars. Currently, at least two and as many as five trains a day are unloaded at Plant Scherer. The trains use an air-dump system and are unloaded from the bottom of the cars while passing over the unloading trestle. They do not stop while unloading, and are usually unloaded in around 90 minutes.
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