# List of power stations in Tennessee

Net electricity generation by energy source in 2023
The U.S. state of Tennessee receives its power from a variety of sources. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is the primary utility in Tennessee which generates electricity and sells it to hundreds of local utilities and industrial customers. Like most of the US, the sources used to generate power in Tennessee have changed substantially in the last decade. Coal's share of power has declined from nearly 60% in 2008 to about 25% in 2018, while natural gas has increased significantly. Tennessee is home to the two newest nuclear reactors in the US at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, unit 2 being the first to begin operation in the 21st century. After Watts Bar Unit 2 began operation in late 2016, nuclear power passed coal as the top source of electricity. In November 2018 natural gas produced more power than coal for the first time in Tennessee. Tennessee is home to the third largest pumped-storage hydroelectric facility in the US, and has the third highest net generation of hydroelectric power of states east of the Mississippi River, and eighth highest nationwide. In 2018, about 57% of the power consumed in Tennessee was generated with emissions free sources. Tennessee is a net consumer of electricity, consuming more power than it generates and receiving power from TVA facilities in neighboring states.

## Biomass

| Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Operator | Year opened |
| City of Covington Waste-To-Energy Gasification Plant | Nashville, Tennessee | 0.125 | City of Nashville | 2013 |

## Coal

| Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Operator | Year opened | Scheduled retirement |
| Cumberland Fossil Plant | Cumberland City, Tennessee | 2,600 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1973 | 2028 |
| Gallatin Fossil Plant | Sumner County, Tennessee | 1,255 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1956 | 2035 |
| Kingston Fossil Plant | Kingston, Tennessee | 1,700 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1954 | 2035 |

## Natural gas

The Tennessee Valley Authority operates nine natural gas power stations in Tennessee. Six of these use simple combustion turbines. Three newer facilities use more efficient combined cycle generators.
| Name | Location | Type | Capacity (MW) | Operator | Year opened |
| Allen Combined Cycle Plant | Memphis, Tennessee | Gas, biogas | 1,100 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 2018 |
| Allen Combustion Turbine Plant | Memphis, Tennessee | Gas, biogas | 456 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1971 |
| Brownsville Combustion Turbine Plant | Brownsville, Tennessee | Gas | 468 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1999 |
| Gallatin Combustion Turbine Plant | Gallatin, Tennessee | Gas | 600 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1975 |
| Gleason Combustion Turbine Plant | Weakley County, Tennessee | Gas | 465 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 2000 |
| Lagoon Creek Combined Cycle Plant | Brownsville, Tennessee | Gas | 525 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 2010 |
| Lagoon Creek Combustion Turbine Plant | Brownsville, Tennessee | Gas | 941 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 2001 |
| John Sevier Combined Cycle Plant | Rogersville, Tennessee | Gas | 871 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 2012 |
| Johnsonville Combustion Turbine Plant | New Johnsonville, Tennessee | Gas | 1,133 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1975, 2000 |

## Hydroelectric plants

| Name | Location | Type | Capacity (MW) | Operator | Year opened |
| Boone Dam | Holston River | Hydroelectric | 89 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1952 |
| Cheatham Dam | Cumberland River | Hydroelectric | 36 | United States Army Corps of Engineers | 1960 |
| Center Hill Dam | Cumberland River | Hydroelectric | 160 | United States Army Corps of Engineers | 1950 |
| Cherokee Dam | Holston River | Hydroelectric | 136 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1941 |
| Chickamauga Dam | Tennessee River | Hydroelectric | 119 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1940 |
| Cordell Hull Dam | Cumberland River | Hydroelectric | 100 | United States Army Corps of Engineers | 1973 |
| Douglas Dam | French Broad River | Hydroelectric | 111 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1943 |
| Fort Loudoun Dam | Tennessee River | Hydroelectric | 162 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1943 |
| Fort Patrick Henry Dam | Holston River | Hydroelectric | 41 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1953 |
| Great Falls Dam | Caney Fork River | Hydroelectric | 36 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1916 |
| J. Percy Priest Dam | Stones River | Hydroelectric | 28 | United States Army Corps of Engineers | 1967 |
| Melton Hill Dam | Clinch River | Hydroelectric | 79 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1963 |
| Nickajack Dam | Tennessee River | Hydroelectric | 105 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1967 |
| Norris Dam | Clinch River | Hydroelectric | 110 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1936 |
| Ocoee Dam No. 1 | Ocoee River | Hydroelectric | 24 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1911 |
| Ocoee Dam No. 2 | Ocoee River | Hydroelectric | 23 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1913 |
| Ocoee Dam No. 3 | Ocoee River | Hydroelectric | 29 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1943 |
| Old Hickory Dam | Cumberland River | Hydroelectric | 100 | United States Army Corps of Engineers | 1957 |
| Pickwick Dam | Tennessee River | Hydroelectric | 229 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1938 |
| Raccoon Mountain Facility | Tennessee River | Pumped storage hydro | 1,652 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1978 |
| South Holston Dam | Holston River | Hydroelectric | 44 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1950 |
| Tims Ford Dam | Elk River | Hydroelectric | 36 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1970 |
| Watauga Dam | Watauga River | Hydroelectric | 66 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1948 |
| Watts Bar Dam | Tennessee River | Hydroelectric | 182 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1942 |
| Wilbur Dam | Watauga River | Hydroelectric | 11 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1912 |

## Wind farms

| Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Operator | Year opened |
| Buffalo Mountain Wind Farm | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | 29 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 2000 |

## Solar stations

| Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Operator | Year opened |
| Allen Solar Plant | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 2017 |
| Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Solar Farm | Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport, Chattanooga, Tennessee | 2.1 | Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority | 2011 |
| Mulberry Solar Farm | McNairy County, Tennessee | 20 | Strata Solar | 2014 |
| Selmer Solar Farm | Selmer, Tennessee | 20 | Strata Solar | 2014 |
| Volkswagen Solar Farm | Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant, Chattanooga, Tennessee | 9.5 | Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant | 2013 |
| West Tennessee Solar Farm | Stanton, Tennessee | 5 | University of Tennessee | 2012 |

## Nuclear plants

The Tennessee Valley Authority operates two nuclear plants in Tennessee. In addition much of the power generated at TVA's Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in Limestone County, Alabama is distributed to Tennessee.
| Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Operator | Year opened |
| Sequoyah Nuclear Plant | Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee | 2,300 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1981 |
| Watts Bar Nuclear Plant | Spring City, Tennessee | 2,300 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1996 and 2015 |

## Former facilities
### Coal

| Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Operator | Year opened | Year retired |
| Eastman Chemical Power Plant | Kingsport, Tennessee | 131 | Eastman Chemical Co-TN Ops | 1936 | 1994 |
| Allen Fossil Plant | Memphis, Tennessee | 990 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1959 | 2018 |
| Watts Bar Steam Plant | Rhea County, Tennessee | 267 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1942 | 1982 |
| John Sevier Fossil Plant | Hawkins County, Tennessee | 880 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1957 | 2012 |
| Johnsonville Fossil Plant | New Johnsonville, Tennessee | 1500 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1951 | 2017 |
| Bull Run Fossil Plant | Claxton, Tennessee | 950 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 1967 | 2023 |

### Hydroelectric

| Station | Location | Type | Capacity (MW) | Status | Year opened | Year closed |
| Hales Bar Dam | Haletown, Tennessee | Hydroelectric | 71 | Decommissioned | 1913 | 1952 |

## Cancelled facilities

| Station | Location | Type | Units | Year construction began | Year cancelled |
| Hartsville Nuclear Plant | Hartsville, Tennessee | Nuclear | 4 | 1975 | 1984 |
| Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant | Surgoinsville, Tennessee | Nuclear | 2 | 1977 | 1981 |