Power Plants Near 37421 — Chattanooga, TN

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 37421 (Chattanooga, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.0250, -85.1459 · County: Hamilton

Nuclear 50%Hydroelectric 37%Natural Gas 12%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.5 mi	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Solar Chattanooga, TN	Solar	3 MW	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
5.1 mi	Volkswagen Solar System Chattanooga, TN	Solar	8 MW	Sr Enterprise South, Llc
7.1 mi	Chickamauga Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	160 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
12.4 mi	Whitfield Cooper Cohutta, GA	Solar	1 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
13.9 mi	Raccoon Mountain Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	1,714 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
14.3 mi	Sequoyah Soddy Daisy, TN	Nuclear	2,441 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
24.4 mi	Dalton 2 Dalton, GA	Solar	7 MW	Georgia Power Co
25.4 mi	Thomas A Smith Energy Facility Dalton, GA	Natural Gas	1,192 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
25.8 mi	Murray Treadwell Farms Chatsworth, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
27.0 mi	Nickajack New Hope, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
28.6 mi	Ocoee 1 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	19 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
28.6 mi	Sr Marion, Llc Dunlap, TN	Solar	1 MW	Sr Marion, Llc
28.7 mi	Sr Sequatchie Dunlap, TN	Solar	—	Sr Sequatchie, Llc
28.9 mi	Bowater Newsprint Calhoun Operation Calhoun, TN	Biomass	63 MW	Resolute Forest Products
35.9 mi	Widows Creek Stevenson, AL	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
37.2 mi	Ocoee 2 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
37.6 mi	Ocoee 3 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	29 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
39.1 mi	Carters Chatsworth, GA	Hydroelectric	500 MW	Usce-Mobile District
40.3 mi	Chattooga Gore Menlo, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
44.7 mi	Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Spring City, TN	Nuclear	2,540 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.4 mi	Watts Bar Fossil Spring City, TN	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.8 mi	Watts Bar Hydro Spring City, TN	Hydroelectric	175 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.1 mi	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant Rome, GA	Hydroelectric	848 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
47.4 mi	Gordon Thompson Fairmount, GA	Solar	3 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
47.5 mi	Gordon Pine Hall Fairmount, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
49.1 mi	Apalachia Reliance, TN	Hydroelectric	94 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.4 mi	Bellefonte Hollywood, AL	Oil	14 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.9 mi	Blue Ridge Blue Ridge, GA	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Chattanooga, Tennessee (ZIP 37421), with a combined 9,967 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Solar at 3.5 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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