The Edwin Irby Hatch Nuclear Power Plant is near Baxley Georgia in the southeastern United States on a 2244-acre (9 km²) site. It has two General Electric boiling water reactors with a total capacity of 1759 megawatts. Previously the reactors had a combined capacity listing of 1848 MW. Unit 1 went online in 1974 and was followed by Unit 2 in 1978.The plant was named for Edwin I.