'''Jack McDonough Steam Generating Plant''' is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by [[Southern Company]] near Smyrna, Georgia.
In August, 2009, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that [[Georgia Power]] is moving ahead with plans to replace the [[McDonough Steam Generating Plant]] with a natural gas-fired plant and switch its [[Mitchell Steam Generating Plant (Georgia)|Mitchell Steam Generating Plant]] near Albany, Ga., from coal to wood chips.<ref>Dave Flessner, [http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2009/aug/24/tva-may-shutter-aging-coal-fired-plants/?local "TVA May Shutter Aging Coal Plants,"] Chattanooga Times Free Press, August 24, 2009</ref>