Hydroelectric power plants in Tennessee

29 hydroelectric power plants in Tennessee, totaling 4.2 GW of nameplate capacity. Source: EIA.

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All hydroelectric plants in Tennessee

Raccoon Mountain
Hydroelectric · Chattanooga, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1978
1,714 MW
Pickwick Landing Dam
Hydroelectric · Pickwick Dam, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1938
240 MW
Watts Bar Hydro
Hydroelectric · Spring City, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1942
175 MW
Chickamauga
Hydroelectric · Chattanooga, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1940
160 MW
Calderwood
Hydroelectric · Tallassee, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1930
157 MW
Center Hill
Hydroelectric · Lancaster, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1950
156 MW
Fort Loudoun
Hydroelectric · Lenoir City, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1943
153 MW
Douglas Dam
Hydroelectric · Dandridge, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1943
151 MW
Cherokee Dam
Hydroelectric · Rudledge, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1942
135 MW
Norris Dam
Hydroelectric · Norris, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1936
131 MW
Boone Dam
Hydroelectric · Kingsport, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1953
106 MW
Nickajack
Hydroelectric · New Hope, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1968
104 MW
Old Hickory
Hydroelectric · Hendersonville, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1957
104 MW
Cordell Hull
Hydroelectric · Carthage, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1973
100 MW
Apalachia
Hydroelectric · Reliance, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1943
94 MW
Melton Hill
Hydroelectric · Lenoir City, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1964
72 MW
Fort Patrick Henry
Hydroelectric · Kingsport, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1953
59 MW
Watauga
Hydroelectric · Elizabethton, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1949
58 MW
Dale Hollow
Hydroelectric · Celina, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1948
54 MW
Chilhowee
Hydroelectric · Tallassee, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1957
50 MW
Tims Ford
Hydroelectric · Winchester, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1972
46 MW
South Holston
Hydroelectric · Bristol, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1951
39 MW
Cheatham
Hydroelectric · Ashland City, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1958
36 MW
Great Falls (TN)
Hydroelectric · Rock Island, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1916
34 MW
Ocoee 3
Hydroelectric · Benton, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1943
29 MW
J P Priest
Hydroelectric · Nashville, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1970
28 MW
Ocoee 2
Hydroelectric · Benton, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1913
23 MW
Ocoee 1
Hydroelectric · Benton, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1912
19 MW
Wilbur
Hydroelectric · Elizabethon, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1912
11 MW

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA-860M)