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List of power stations operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority

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

Dams and hydroelectric facilities

Fossil fuel plants

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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
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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[1] CC[1] 3[1] 705[1] Ackerman, Mississippi[1] 2007[1]
Allen[2] CC[2] 3[2] 1,100[2] Memphis, Tennessee[2] 2018[2]
Brownsville[3] CT[3] 4[3] 468[3] Brownsville, Tennessee[3] 1999[3]
Caledonia[4] CC[4] 3[5] 765[5] Steens, Mississippi[5] 2003[5]
Colbert[6] CT[6] 8[6] 392[7] Tuscumbia, Alabama[6] 1972[7]
Gallatin[8] CT[8] 8[8] 600[8] Gallatin, Tennessee[8] 1975[8]
Gleason[9] CT[9] 3[9] 465[9] Gleason, Tennessee[9] 2000[9]
John Sevier[10] CC[10] 3[10] 880[10] Rogersville, Tennessee[10] 2012[10]
Johnsonville[11] CT[11] 20[11] 1,133[11] New Johnsonville, Tennessee[11] 1975[11]
Kemper[12] CT[12] 4[12] 312[12] De Kalb, Mississippi[12] 2002[12]
Lagoon Creek Dual[13] 12 (CT)[13]
1 (CC)[14]		 904 (CT)[13]
525 (CC)[14]		 Brownsville, Tennessee[15] 2001 (CT)[13]
2011 (CC)[15]
Magnolia[4] CC[4] 3[16] 920[4] Ashland, Mississippi[4] 2003[16]
Marshall[17] CT[17] 8[17] 621[17] Calvert City, Kentucky[17] 2002[17]
Paradise[18] CC[19] 3[18] 1,130[18] Drakesboro, Kentucky[19] 2017[19]
Southaven[20] CC[20] 3[21] 774[21] Southaven, Mississippi[20] 2003[21]
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Nuclear power plants

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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
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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:[22][23][24][25][26]

Solar electric generation
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:

A 2010 agreement with Iberdrola Renewables provides a potential 300MW future supply from Streator-Cayuga Ridge Wind Farm, Livingston County, Illinois[27]

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.[citation needed]

Former facilities

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Former generation facilities of the Tennessee Valley Authority
Name Type Capacity (MW) Location Years of operation
Hales Bar Dam[28] Hydroelectric[28] 99.7[28] Haletown, Tennessee[28] 1913–1967[28]
Wilson Steam Plant[29] Coal[29] 240[29] Muscle Shoals, Alabama[29] 1919–1966[29]
Watts Bar Steam Plant[30] Coal[29] 267[29] Rhea County, Tennessee[30] 1942–1982[30]
John Sevier Fossil Plant[29] Coal[29] 880[29] Hawkins County, Tennessee[29] 1957–2012[29]
Widows Creek Fossil Plant[31][32] Coal[29] 1,800[29] Stevenson, Alabama[29] 1952–2015[29]
Colbert Fossil Plant[33] Coal[33] 1,204[33] Tuscumbia, Alabama[33] 1955–2016[33]
Johnsonville Fossil Plant[34] Coal[34] 1,500[34] New Johnsonville, Tennessee[34] 1951–2017[35]
Allen Fossil Plant[36] Coal[36] 741[37] Memphis, Tennessee[36] 1959–2018[36]
Paradise Fossil Plant[38] Coal[39] 2,379[40] Drakesboro, Kentucky 1963–2020[41]
Bull Run Fossil Plant[42] Coal[43] 881[44] Claxton, Tennessee 1967–2023[45]
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Cancelled facilities

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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
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