Power Plants Near 37406 — Chattanooga, TN

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 37406 (Chattanooga, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.0614, -85.2478 · County: Hamilton

Nuclear 51%Hydroelectric 36%Natural Gas 12%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.0 mi	Chickamauga Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	160 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
3.4 mi	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Solar Chattanooga, TN	Solar	3 MW	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
7.3 mi	Volkswagen Solar System Chattanooga, TN	Solar	8 MW	Sr Enterprise South, Llc
7.9 mi	Raccoon Mountain Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	1,714 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
14.4 mi	Sequoyah Soddy Daisy, TN	Nuclear	2,441 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
18.7 mi	Whitfield Cooper Cohutta, GA	Solar	1 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
21.6 mi	Nickajack New Hope, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
24.0 mi	Sr Marion, Llc Dunlap, TN	Solar	1 MW	Sr Marion, Llc
24.7 mi	Sr Sequatchie Dunlap, TN	Solar	—	Sr Sequatchie, Llc
29.7 mi	Dalton 2 Dalton, GA	Solar	7 MW	Georgia Power Co
30.7 mi	Thomas A Smith Energy Facility Dalton, GA	Natural Gas	1,192 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
31.3 mi	Widows Creek Stevenson, AL	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
31.8 mi	Murray Treadwell Farms Chatsworth, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
32.1 mi	Bowater Newsprint Calhoun Operation Calhoun, TN	Biomass	63 MW	Resolute Forest Products
34.0 mi	Ocoee 1 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	19 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.6 mi	Chattooga Gore Menlo, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
42.8 mi	Ocoee 2 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
43.2 mi	Ocoee 3 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	29 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.0 mi	Carters Chatsworth, GA	Hydroelectric	500 MW	Usce-Mobile District
45.4 mi	Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Spring City, TN	Nuclear	2,540 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.6 mi	Bellefonte Hollywood, AL	Oil	14 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
46.2 mi	Watts Bar Fossil Spring City, TN	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
46.5 mi	Watts Bar Hydro Spring City, TN	Hydroelectric	175 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
48.9 mi	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant Rome, GA	Hydroelectric	848 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Chattanooga, Tennessee (ZIP 37406), with a combined 9,845 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Chickamauga at 3.0 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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