Facts & Figures

Customers
Georgia Power's customers as of December 31, 2010, totaled 2,361,355 in the following categories:
 
Residential 2,049,770  
Commercial 296,140  
Industrial 8,136  
Other 7,309  


Customers by Regions
Metro 1,155,193 
Central 165,851 
East 152,656 
Northeast 169,549 
Northwest 169,538 
South 130,649 
West 139,802 
Coastal 278,117 
Total
*Excludes wholesale customers 		2,361,355*


Investments
The total gross investment in facilities at the end of 2010 was $30.3 billion.
Transmission and Distribution in 2010
Overhead and underground distribution lines added 338 miles
Total distribution lines 72,071 miles
Total transmission lines (under Georgia Power ownership) 12,583 miles
Total transmission lines added 28.25 miles


Fuel Cost for Generation (Cents Per Kilowatt-Hour)
Nuclear 0.66 
Coal 4.53 
Gas and Oil 5.75 
Average 3.82 


Generation Sources in 2010
Coal 67%
Nuclear 21%
Oil and Gas 10%
Hydro 2%


Where Revenues Came From in 2010
Residential 37%
Commercial 36%
Industrial 17%
Wholesale 5%
Other 5%


Where Revenues Went in 2010
Fuel and purchased power 48%
Other expenses 14%
Common dividends 10%
Taxes 10%
Depreciation and amortization 7%
Labor expenses 5%
Interest 4%
Net profit after dividends 2%


Generating Plants as of December 31, 2010
Name Georgia
Power kW
Capacity 		Fuel
Source
Bartletts Ferry 173,000 Hydro
Boulevard 59,100 Oil, Gas
Bowen 3,160,000 Coal
Bowen, C.T. 39,400 Oil
Branch 1,539,700 Coal
Burton 6,120 Hydro
Estatoah 240 Hydro
Flint River 5,400 Hydro
Goat Rock 38,600 Hydro
Hammond 800,000 Coal
Hatch 899,612 Nuclear
Intercession City 47,667 Oil
Kraft 281,136 Coal
Kraft, C.T. 22,000 Oil, Gas
Langdale 1,040 Hydro
Lloyd Shoals 14,400 Hydro
McDonough 490,000 Coal
McDonough, C.T. 78,800 Oil, Gas
McIntosh 163,117 Coal
McIntosh, C.T. 640,000 Oil, Gas
McIntosh, C.C. 1,318,920 Oil, Gas
McManus 115,000 Oil
McManus, C.T. 481,700 Oil
Mitchell 125,000 Coal
Mitchell, C.T. 118,200 Oil
Morgan Falls 16,800 Hydro
Nacoochee 4,800 Hydro
North Highlands 29,600 Hydro
Oliver Dam 60,000 Hydro
Riverview 480 Hydro
Robins 158,400 Oil,Gas
Rocky Mountain 215,256 Hydro
Scherer 750,924 Coal
Sinclair Dam 45,000 Hydro
Tallulah Falls 72,000 Hydro
Terrora 16,000 Hydro
Tugalo 45,000 Hydro
Vogtle 1,060,240 Nuclear
Wallace Dam 321,300 Hydro
Wansley 925,550 Coal
Wansley, C.T. 26,322 Oil
Wilson** 354,100 Oil
Yates 1,250,000 Coal
Yonah 22,500 Hydro
C.C. - Combined cycle
C.T. - Combustion turbines
** Includes internal combustion unit


Total Georgia Power kW Capacity
Hydro 1,087,536
Fossil 9,600,427
Nuclear 1,959,852
Other (Diesel, Combined Cycle and Combustion Turbine) 3,344,609
Total 15,992,424


Jointly-Owned Plants
Percent as of December 31, 2010
Plant Units Gulf
Power 		OPC MEAG Dalton Georgia
Power 		Total kW
Capacity
Hatch 1&2 --   30.0 17.7 2.2 50.1 1,796,000
Rocky Mtn. 1-3 --   74.6 --   --   25.4 848,000
Scherer* 1&2 --   60.0 30.2 1.4 8.4 --  
Scherer* 3 25.0 --   --   --   75.0 --  
Vogtle 1&2 --   30.0 22.7 1.6 45.7 2,320,000
Wansley 1&2 --   30.0 15.1 1.4 53.5 1,779,000
Wansley, C.T. 5A --   30.0 15.1 1.4 53.5 49,200
  Units Progress Energy, Florida Florida
Power & Light 		Jacksonville
Electric
Authority 		Georgia
Power
Scherer* 4 --   76.4 23.6 --  
Intercession City** --   66.7 --   --   33.3

OPC - Oglethorpe Power Corporation
MEAG - Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia
Dalton - City of Dalton, Georgia
*Plant Scherer's total kW capacity is 3,272,000.
**Intercession City's total kW capacity is 143,000.