Power Plants Near 37683 — Mountain City, TN

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 37683 (Mountain City, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.4657, -81.8140 · County: Johnson

Natural Gas 43%Coal 32%Hydroelectric 15%Other Fossil 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.8 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
19.4 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
19.4 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
20.6 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
21.2 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
33.1 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
34.7 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
36.7 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
38.7 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
38.7 mi	Clinch River Cleveland, VA	Natural Gas	475 MW	Appalachian Power Co
40.7 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
42.0 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
42.2 mi	Domtar Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN	Natural Gas	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill
42.6 mi	Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center St. Paul, VA	Coal	668 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
44.4 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
45.2 mi	Bernhardt Furniture Solar Farm Lenoir, NC	Solar	1 MW	Bernhardt Furniture Company
47.6 mi	Wilkes Solar, Llc Wilkesboro, NC	Solar	—	Wilkes Solar, Llc
48.3 mi	Catawba River Pollution Control Morganton, NC	Oil	1 MW	City Of Morganton - (Nc)
49.1 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
49.7 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
50.0 mi	Bridgewater Morganton, NC	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Mountain City, Tennessee (ZIP 37683), with a combined 2,092 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is South Holston at 15.8 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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