# List of power stations operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority

This is a list of power generating stations operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority.

## Dams and hydroelectric facilities

* Apalachia Dam
* Bear Creek Dam
* Beaver Creek Dam
* Beech Dam
* Blue Ridge Dam
* Boone Dam
* Cedar Creek Dam
* Cedar Dam
* Chatuge Dam
* Cherokee Dam
* Chickamauga Dam
* Clear Creek Dam
* Dogwood Dam
* Douglas Dam
* Fontana Dam
* Fort Loudoun Dam
* Fort Patrick Henry Dam
* Great Falls Dam
* Guntersville Dam
* Hiwassee Dam
* Kentucky Dam
* Little Bear Creek Dam
* Lost Creek Dam
* Melton Hill Dam
* Nickajack Dam
* Nolichucky Dam
* Normandy Dam
* Norris Dam
* Nottely Dam
* Ocoee Dams 1, 2, 3
* Pickwick Landing Dam
* Pin Oak Dam
* Pine Dam
* Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant
* Redbud Dam
* South Holston Dam
* Sycamore Dam
* Tellico Dam
* Tims Ford Dam
* Upper Bear Creek Dam
* Watauga Dam
* Watts Bar Dam
* Wheeler Dam
* Wilbur Dam
* Wilson Dam

## Fossil fuel plants

Coal-fired power plants of the Tennessee Valley Authority :
| Name | Units | Capacity (MWe) | Location | Year of commission |
| Cumberland | 2 | 2,470 | Cumberland City, Tennessee | 1973 |
| Gallatin | 4 | 967 | Gallatin, Tennessee | 1956 |
| Kingston | 9 | 1,398 | Kingston, Tennessee | 1954 |
| Shawnee | 9 | 1,206 | West Paducah, Kentucky | 1953 |
Natural gas dual-fuel combustion turbine (CT) and combined cycle (CC) plants of the Tennessee Valley Authority :
| Name | Type | Units | Capacity (MWe) | Location | Year of commission |
| Ackerman | CC | 3 | 705 | Ackerman, Mississippi | 2007 |
| Allen | CC | 3 | 1,100 | Memphis, Tennessee | 2018 |
| Brownsville | CT | 4 | 468 | Brownsville, Tennessee | 1999 |
| Caledonia | CC | 3 | 765 | Steens, Mississippi | 2003 |
| Colbert | CT | 8 | 392 | Tuscumbia, Alabama | 1972 |
| Gallatin | CT | 8 | 600 | Gallatin, Tennessee | 1975 |
| Gleason | CT | 3 | 465 | Gleason, Tennessee | 2000 |
| John Sevier | CC | 3 | 880 | Rogersville, Tennessee | 2012 |
| Johnsonville | CT | 20 | 1,133 | New Johnsonville, Tennessee | 1975 |
| Kemper | CT | 4 | 312 | De Kalb, Mississippi | 2002 |
| Lagoon Creek | Dual | 12 (CT) 1 (CC) | 904 (CT) 525 (CC) | Brownsville, Tennessee | 2001 (CT) 2011 (CC) |
| Magnolia | CC | 3 | 920 | Ashland, Mississippi | 2003 |
| Marshall | CT | 8 | 621 | Calvert City, Kentucky | 2002 |
| Paradise | CC | 3 | 1,130 | Drakesboro, Kentucky | 2017 |
| Southaven | CC | 3 | 774 | Southaven, Mississippi | 2003 |

## Nuclear power plants

Nuclear power plants of the Tennessee Valley Authority :
| Name | Units | Capacity (MWe) | Location | Year of commission |
| Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant | 3 | 3,775 | Limestone County, Alabama | 1974 |
| Sequoyah Nuclear Plant | 2 | 2,333 | Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee | 1981 |
| Watts Bar Nuclear Plant | 2 | 2,332 | Rhea County, Tennessee | 1996 |

## Joint facilities

TVA also assists ALCOA's Tapoco/APGI in regulating several facilities, including the Calderwood, Cheoah, Chilhowee, and Santeetlah dams.

## Renewable generation

TVA operates several small-scale facilities that generate electricity from renewable sources other than hydropower. These include:

### Solar electric generation

* Lovers Lane soccer complex, Bowling Green, Kentucky (36 kW capacity)
* Finley Stadium, Chattanooga, Tennessee (85 kW)
* Gibson County High School, Dyer, Tennessee (18 kW)
* Florence, Alabama water treatment facility (30 kW)
* Sci-Quest science museum, Huntsville, Alabama (27 kW)
* Ijams Nature Center, Knoxville, Tennessee (15 kW)
* Bridges Center, Memphis, Tennessee (25 kW)
* Adventure Science Center, Nashville, Tennessee (27 kW)
* Cocke County High School, Newport, Tennessee (9 kW)
* American Museum of Science and Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (15 kW)
* Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (7 kW)
* University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi (30 kW)
* Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee (two 18 kW facilities)
* Duffield-Pattonsville Elementary School, Scott County, Virginia (9 kW)
* Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi (15 kW)

### Wind power

At Buffalo Mountain in Oliver Springs, Tennessee, TVA operates three wind turbines with a combined generation capacity of 2 MW and purchases the output of 15 additional wind turbines owned by Invenergy that have a combined capacity of 27 MW. As of 2013, the agency had purchased agreements from power generated from wind farms outside its service area:
* 2012 – Enel Green Power, LLC – 201MW – Caney River Wind Farm, Elk County, Kansas.
* 2012 – Invenergy – 400MW – Bishop Hill Wind Energy Center, Henry County, Illinois
* 2012 – 200MW – California Ridge Wind Energy Center in Champaign County, Illinois
* 2012 – NextEra Energy Resources – 150MW – White Oak Energy Center, McLean County, Illinois
* 2012 – NextEra Energy Resources – 165MW – Cimarron Wind farm, Gray County, Kansas
A 2010 agreement with Iberdrola Renewables provides a potential 300MW future supply from Streator-Cayuga Ridge Wind Farm, Livingston County, Illinois

### Waste-derived methane

Biogas from the Maxson wastewater treatment plant in Memphis is burned in Allen Fossil Plant, accounting for a generating capacity of 4 MW.

## Former facilities

Former generation facilities of the Tennessee Valley Authority :
| Name | Type | Capacity (MW) | Location | Years of operation |
| Hales Bar Dam | Hydroelectric | 99.7 | Haletown, Tennessee | 1913–1967 |
| Wilson Steam Plant | Coal | 240 | Muscle Shoals, Alabama | 1919–1966 |
| Watts Bar Steam Plant | Coal | 267 | Rhea County, Tennessee | 1942–1982 |
| John Sevier Fossil Plant | Coal | 880 | Hawkins County, Tennessee | 1957–2012 |
| Widows Creek Fossil Plant | Coal | 1,800 | Stevenson, Alabama | 1952–2015 |
| Colbert Fossil Plant | Coal | 1,204 | Tuscumbia, Alabama | 1955–2016 |
| Johnsonville Fossil Plant | Coal | 1,500 | New Johnsonville, Tennessee | 1951–2017 |
| Allen Fossil Plant | Coal | 741 | Memphis, Tennessee | 1959–2018 |
| Paradise Fossil Plant | Coal | 2,379 | Drakesboro, Kentucky | 1963–2020 |
| Bull Run | Coal | 881 | Clinton, Tennessee | 1967-2023 |

## Cancelled facilities

Cancelled facilities of the Tennessee Valley Authority :
| Name | Units | Location | Years of construction |
| Bellefonte Nuclear Plant | 2 | Hollywood, Alabama | 1975–1988 |
| Hartsville Nuclear Plant | 4 | Hartsville, Tennessee | 1975–1984 |
| Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant | 2 | Surgoinsville, Tennessee | 1977–1981 |
| Yellow Creek Nuclear Plant | 2 | Iuka, Mississippi | 1978–1984 |