Power Plants Near 37402 — Chattanooga, TN

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 37402 (Chattanooga, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.0463, -85.3161 · County: Hamilton

Nuclear 51%Hydroelectric 36%Natural Gas 12%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.1 mi	Raccoon Mountain Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	1,714 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
6.2 mi	Chickamauga Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	160 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
6.3 mi	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Solar Chattanooga, TN	Solar	3 MW	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
11.3 mi	Volkswagen Solar System Chattanooga, TN	Solar	8 MW	Sr Enterprise South, Llc
17.6 mi	Nickajack New Hope, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
17.8 mi	Sequoyah Soddy Daisy, TN	Nuclear	2,441 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
22.0 mi	Whitfield Cooper Cohutta, GA	Solar	1 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
24.1 mi	Sr Marion, Llc Dunlap, TN	Solar	1 MW	Sr Marion, Llc
25.3 mi	Sr Sequatchie Dunlap, TN	Solar	—	Sr Sequatchie, Llc
27.3 mi	Widows Creek Stevenson, AL	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
31.4 mi	Dalton 2 Dalton, GA	Solar	7 MW	Georgia Power Co
32.4 mi	Thomas A Smith Energy Facility Dalton, GA	Natural Gas	1,192 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
34.3 mi	Murray Treadwell Farms Chatsworth, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
36.0 mi	Bowater Newsprint Calhoun Operation Calhoun, TN	Biomass	63 MW	Resolute Forest Products
37.9 mi	Ocoee 1 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	19 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
38.7 mi	Chattooga Gore Menlo, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
41.8 mi	Bellefonte Hollywood, AL	Oil	14 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
46.7 mi	Ocoee 2 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.1 mi	Ocoee 3 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	29 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.2 mi	Carters Chatsworth, GA	Hydroelectric	500 MW	Usce-Mobile District
47.7 mi	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant Rome, GA	Hydroelectric	848 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
48.5 mi	Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Spring City, TN	Nuclear	2,540 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.0 mi	Franklin (Tn) Estill Springs, TN	Natural Gas	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.3 mi	Watts Bar Fossil Spring City, TN	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.6 mi	Watts Bar Hydro Spring City, TN	Hydroelectric	175 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Chattanooga, Tennessee (ZIP 37402), with a combined 9,845 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Raccoon Mountain at 4.1 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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