Owner profile

Tennessee Valley Authority

Tennessee Valley Authority owns or operates 58 generating facilities commissioned between 1912 and 2017, with a combined nameplate capacity of 39.77 GW. The largest share of capacity is natural gas (36%), spread across 6 states.

Ownership reflects the utility or operator reported to EIA (Form EIA-860); equity ownership of individual facilities may differ.

58
Plants
39.77 GW
Total capacity
6
States
3.85 GW
Largest: Browns Ferry

Capacity mix

Natural Gas 36.5%Coal 27.5%Nuclear 22.2%Hydroelectric 13.6%Oil 0.1%Storage 0.1%Wind 0.0%

By state

Operating plants

PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Browns FerryNuclearAlabamaTennessee Valley Authority3.85 GW
Cumberland (TN)CoalTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority2.60 GW
Watts Bar Nuclear PlantNuclearTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority2.54 GW
SequoyahNuclearTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority2.44 GW
Gallatin (TN)CoalTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority1.92 GW
ParadiseNatural GasKentuckyTennessee Valley Authority1.85 GW
AllenNatural GasTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority1.79 GW
Raccoon MountainHydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority1.71 GW
KingstonCoalTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority1.70 GW
Lagoon CreekNatural GasTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority1.63 GW
ShawneeCoalKentuckyTennessee Valley Authority1.57 GW
JohnsonvilleNatural GasTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority1.43 GW
ColbertNatural GasAlabamaTennessee Valley Authority1.17 GW
Magnolia Power PlantNatural GasMississippiTennessee Valley Authority1.00 GW
John SevierNatural GasTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority996.9 MW
TVA Southaven Combined CycleNatural GasMississippiTennessee Valley Authority903.9 MW
Quantum Choctaw Power LLCNatural GasMississippiTennessee Valley Authority850.5 MW
CaledoniaNatural GasMississippiTennessee Valley Authority801 MW
Marshall Energy FacilityNatural GasKentuckyTennessee Valley Authority688 MW
Wilson DamHydroelectricAlabamaTennessee Valley Authority666.7 MW
Gleason Generating FacilityNatural GasTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority567.8 MW
Brownsville Peaking PowerNatural GasTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority460 MW
Wheeler DamHydroelectricAlabamaTennessee Valley Authority404 MW
Kemper CountyNatural GasMississippiTennessee Valley Authority372 MW
Fontana DamHydroelectricNorth CarolinaTennessee Valley Authority254.7 MW
Pickwick Landing DamHydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority240 MW
Kentucky DamHydroelectricKentuckyTennessee Valley Authority218.6 MW
Watts Bar HydroHydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority174.6 MW
Hiwassee DamHydroelectricNorth CarolinaTennessee Valley Authority165.6 MW
ChickamaugaHydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority159.6 MW
Fort LoudounHydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority153.3 MW
Douglas DamHydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority150.8 MW
Cherokee DamHydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority135 MW
Norris DamHydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority131.4 MW
GuntersvilleHydroelectricAlabamaTennessee Valley Authority115.2 MW
Boone DamHydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority105.9 MW
NickajackHydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority103.9 MW
ApalachiaHydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority93.6 MW
Melton HillHydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority72 MW
Fort Patrick HenryHydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority59.4 MW
WataugaHydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority57.6 MW
Tims FordHydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority45.7 MW
South HolstonHydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority38.5 MW
Great Falls (TN)HydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority33.7 MW
Ocoee 3HydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority28.8 MW
Blue RidgeHydroelectricGeorgiaTennessee Valley Authority23.5 MW
Ocoee 2HydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority23 MW
Ocoee 1HydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority19 MW
NottelyHydroelectricGeorgiaTennessee Valley Authority15.9 MW
BellefonteOilAlabamaTennessee Valley Authority14 MW
ChatugeHydroelectricNorth CarolinaTennessee Valley Authority13.2 MW
WilburHydroelectricTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority10.6 MW
MeridianOilMississippiTennessee Valley Authority9 MW
Buffalo MountainWindTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority1.8 MW
Retired plants (3)
PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Widows Creekretired 2015CoalAlabamaTennessee Valley Authority1.97 GW
Bull Runretired 2023CoalTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority950 MW
Watts Bar Fossilretired 2011CoalTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority240 MW
Under construction (1)
PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Vonore Battery Energy Storage Systemconstr.StorageTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority20 MW