Power Plants Near 37131 — Murfreesboro, TN

18 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 37131 (Murfreesboro, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.8596, -86.4210 · County: Rutherford

Coal 78%Hydroelectric 18%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.2 mi	Mtsu Power Co-Gen Plant Murfreesboro, TN	Natural Gas	5 MW	Middle Tennessee State University
5.7 mi	Middle Point Landfill Gas Recovery Murfreesboro, TN	Natural Gas	—	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
11.4 mi	Sr Christiana, Llc Christiana, TN	Solar	—	Sr Christiana, Llc
20.1 mi	Sr Bell Buckle Shelbyville, TN	Solar	35 MW	Sr Bell Buckle, Llc
23.3 mi	J P Priest Nashville, TN	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Usce-Nashville District
28.7 mi	Opryland Usa Nashville, TN	Natural Gas	5 MW	Gaylord Entertainment Co
29.1 mi	Vanderbilt University Power Plant Nashville, TN	Natural Gas	19 MW	Vanderbilt University
31.5 mi	Gallatin (Tn) Gallatin, TN	Coal	1,918 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
32.5 mi	Music City Community Solar Madison, TN	Solar	2 MW	Nashville Electric Service
33.0 mi	Old Hickory Hendersonville, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Usce-Nashville District
35.5 mi	Sr Tullahoma Tullahoma, TN	Solar	—	Sr Tullahoma, Llc
37.0 mi	Center Hill Lancaster, TN	Hydroelectric	140 MW	Usce-Nashville District
39.4 mi	Mcminnville Mcminnville, TN	Oil	24 MW	Mcminnville Electric System
39.9 mi	Cordell Hull Carthage, TN	Hydroelectric	100 MW	Usce-Nashville District
43.7 mi	Franklin (Tn) Estill Springs, TN	Natural Gas	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
44.2 mi	Great Falls (Tn) Rock Island, TN	Hydroelectric	34 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
46.5 mi	Tims Ford Winchester, TN	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
48.3 mi	Sr Hickman Lyles, TN	Solar	—	Sr Hickman, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 18 power plants within 50 miles of Murfreesboro, Tennessee (ZIP 37131), with a combined 2,458 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 18 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mtsu Power Co-Gen Plant at 3.2 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Tennessee, visit the Tennessee state page.

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