Power Plants Near 37321 — Dayton, TN

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 37321 (Dayton, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.5002, -85.0135 · County: Rhea

Nuclear 53%Hydroelectric 27%Coal 18%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.4 mi	Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Spring City, TN	Nuclear	2,540 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
15.1 mi	Watts Bar Fossil Spring City, TN	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
15.2 mi	Watts Bar Hydro Spring City, TN	Hydroelectric	175 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
18.7 mi	Sr Sequatchie Dunlap, TN	Solar	—	Sr Sequatchie, Llc
19.4 mi	Sequoyah Soddy Daisy, TN	Nuclear	2,441 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
20.2 mi	Bowater Newsprint Calhoun Operation Calhoun, TN	Biomass	63 MW	Resolute Forest Products
22.2 mi	Sr Marion, Llc Dunlap, TN	Solar	1 MW	Sr Marion, Llc
28.6 mi	Volkswagen Solar System Chattanooga, TN	Solar	8 MW	Sr Enterprise South, Llc
30.1 mi	Chickamauga Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	160 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
34.7 mi	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Solar Chattanooga, TN	Solar	3 MW	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
34.8 mi	Ocoee 1 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	19 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
37.3 mi	Raccoon Mountain Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	1,714 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
37.4 mi	Sr Copeland Crossville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Copeland, Llc
38.0 mi	Whitfield Cooper Cohutta, GA	Solar	1 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
39.1 mi	Kingston Kingston, TN	Coal	1,700 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.8 mi	Great Falls (Tn) Rock Island, TN	Hydroelectric	34 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
41.3 mi	Ocoee 2 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
41.9 mi	Ocoee 3 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	29 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
42.2 mi	Primient Loudon Plant Loudon, TN	Natural Gas	61 MW	Primient, Llc
42.3 mi	Vonore Battery Energy Storage System Vonore, TN	Battery Storage	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
43.4 mi	Mcminnville Mcminnville, TN	Oil	24 MW	Mcminnville Electric System
46.5 mi	Apalachia Reliance, TN	Hydroelectric	94 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.7 mi	Fort Loudoun Lenoir City, TN	Hydroelectric	153 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
48.1 mi	Melton Hill Lenoir City, TN	Hydroelectric	72 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
48.6 mi	Nickajack New Hope, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Dayton, Tennessee (ZIP 37321), with a combined 9,417 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Watts Bar Nuclear Plant at 14.4 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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