Watts Bar Hydro
Spring City, Tennessee
- Capacity
- 175 MW
- Status
- Operating
- Fuel
- Hydroelectric
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- City
- Spring City
- County
- Rhea County
- State
- Tennessee
- Operational date
- March 1942
- Balancing authority
- TVA
Watts Bar Hydro is a 175 MW hydroelectric power plant in Spring City, Tennessee. Operated by Tennessee Valley Authority, it has been operating since 1942. The facility is located in Rhea County, within the TVA balancing authority.
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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA-860M)