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69.9 MW Black Liquor operating in Lowndes, GA
69.9 MW
Nameplate Capacity
3
Generators
units
Wood/Wood Waste Biomass
Technology
1954
Operating Since
Coordinates
30.6942, -83.3046
County
Lowndes, GA
Nearby Plants
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Owner data does not fully agree across sources.
EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.
| Field | EIA | GEM | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | PCA-Valdosta Mill | Packaging Corporation of America | — |
| Owner(s) | PCA-Valdosta Mill | Packaging Corporation of America | — |
| Status | Operating | operating | — |
PCA-Valdosta Mill is a 69.9 MW biomass power plant located in Lowndes County, Georgia. The plant, which primarily burns wood and wood waste, began operating in 1954 and has three generators. It is owned and operated by the Packaging Corporation of America (PCA). The plant's balancing authority is Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans, and it falls within the SERC NERC region.
In the most recent year of data, PCA-Valdosta Mill generated 322,609 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 52.6%. Among biomass plants in Georgia, PCA-Valdosta Mill ranks as the second largest out of seven facilities. Nationally, it holds the eleventh position among 97 biomass power plants.
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Grid Region
Southeast
Market
SEEM Participant
NERC Region
SERC — SERC Reliability Corporation
Balancing Authority
Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans (SOCO)
Grid Voltage
69.0 kV
Regulatory Status
NR — Non-Regulated
Entity Type
Industrial
Sector
Industrial CHP
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27.6K MWh
Latest Month
322.6K MWh
Annual Generation
52.6%
Capacity Factor
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CO₂ Intensity
41 lb/MWh
NOx
0.790 lb/MWh
SO₂
2 lb/MWh
CH₄
0.160 lb/MWh
N₂O
0.035 lb/MWh
Capacity Factor
50.1%
Annual Net Gen
307 GWh
CO₂eq
55 lb/MWh
Subregion
SERC South
2013
$3,495/kW
Est. Construction Cost
Total estimated cost: $244.3M
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This plant's balancing authority participates in the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM). SEEM is a bilateral exchange — no public nodal pricing.
No wholesale contracts disclosed in FERC EQR for this plant.
FERC EQR captures bilateral wholesale energy + capacity contracts ≥$1M/yr filed quarterly by jurisdictional sellers — covers renewable PPAs, thermal energy sales agreements, capacity contracts, and tolling agreements alike. Many plants don't appear: regulated-utility output flows to ratepayers via cost-of-service rather than bilateral contracts; small projects fall below the filing threshold; tax-equity-financed renewables route offtake to investors not utilities; merchant plants sell into ISO clearing markets without bilateral contracts. News-extracted buyer facts (below) may surface contracts disclosed only through announcements.
Last updated 2026-03-26
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