Power Plants Near 37409 — Chattanooga, TN

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 37409 (Chattanooga, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.9981, -85.3310 · County: Hamilton

Hydroelectric 48%Nuclear 34%Natural Gas 17%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.1 mi	Raccoon Mountain Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	1,714 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
7.2 mi	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Solar Chattanooga, TN	Solar	3 MW	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
9.2 mi	Chickamauga Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	160 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
13.4 mi	Volkswagen Solar System Chattanooga, TN	Solar	8 MW	Sr Enterprise South, Llc
16.5 mi	Nickajack New Hope, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
20.8 mi	Sequoyah Soddy Daisy, TN	Nuclear	2,441 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
22.1 mi	Whitfield Cooper Cohutta, GA	Solar	1 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
25.3 mi	Widows Creek Stevenson, AL	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
27.3 mi	Sr Marion, Llc Dunlap, TN	Solar	1 MW	Sr Marion, Llc
28.6 mi	Sr Sequatchie Dunlap, TN	Solar	—	Sr Sequatchie, Llc
29.8 mi	Dalton 2 Dalton, GA	Solar	7 MW	Georgia Power Co
30.8 mi	Thomas A Smith Energy Facility Dalton, GA	Natural Gas	1,192 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
33.3 mi	Murray Treadwell Farms Chatsworth, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
35.2 mi	Chattooga Gore Menlo, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
38.4 mi	Bowater Newsprint Calhoun Operation Calhoun, TN	Biomass	63 MW	Resolute Forest Products
39.2 mi	Ocoee 1 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	19 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
39.3 mi	Bellefonte Hollywood, AL	Oil	14 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
44.4 mi	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant Rome, GA	Hydroelectric	848 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
45.9 mi	Carters Chatsworth, GA	Hydroelectric	500 MW	Usce-Mobile District
47.9 mi	Ocoee 2 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
48.3 mi	Ocoee 3 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	29 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.4 mi	Franklin (Tn) Estill Springs, TN	Natural Gas	—	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Chattanooga, Tennessee (ZIP 37409), with a combined 7,130 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Raccoon Mountain at 5.1 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.

← Search a different location · Printable proximity report →