Plant Vogtle continues to anchor Georgia's electricity supply in 2026, with its newest reactors feeding carbon-free power into the Southeastern grid while state regulators and Georgia Power settle the cost side of the project. Unit 3 delivers roughly 1,100 megawatts of net output under normal operating conditions, matched by the similarly sized Unit 4.
With all four units running, more than 1,600 workers operate the Waynesboro plant around the clock. Southern Nuclear runs the facility on behalf of co-owners Georgia Power, Oglethorpe Power, MEAG Power, and Dalton Utilities. The completion of Units 3 and 4 made Vogtle the largest generator of electricity in the United States and the most recently completed new nuclear construction in the country.
On rates, Georgia Power reached an agreement with Public Service Commission staff to hold base power rates steady through the end of 2028. The utility cautioned that customer bills could still move in 2026 due to fuel costs and other adjustments outside the base rate. The original expansion was scheduled to finish in 2016 and 2017 but faced years of delays that pushed the cost past double the initial $14 billion estimate.
For Georgia ratepayers, the rate agreement provides a measure of predictability after a long and expensive construction period. For the regional grid, Vogtle's added output supplies a large block of firm, always-on power at a time when demand from data centers and electrification is climbing across the Southeast.
Source: Georgia Public Broadcasting - https://www.gpb.org/news/articles/plant-vogtle