How much did the construction of Units 1 and 2 of Plant Vogtle in Georgia cost?
Plant Vogtle in Burke County, Georgia, is the largest nuclear generating plant in the United States. Its first two Westinghouse pressurized-water units (about 1,150 MW each) were built from 1976 and entered commercial operation in 1987 and 1989; two AP1000 units followed in 2023 and 2024. Units 1 and 2 are owned by Georgia Power, Oglethorpe Power, MEAG Power and the Dalton Water & Light Sinking Fund Commission and run by Southern Nuclear, and their construction cost rose from an estimated USD 660 million to USD 8.87 billion.
Final project cost
$8.87 billion
Cost basis: 1989
Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Final project cost1989
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Key dimensions
- PowerUS Energy Information Administration (archived page)
- 2,297 MW
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