Power Plants Near 37688 — Shady Valley, TN

18 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 37688 (Shady Valley, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.5272, -81.9068 · County: Johnson

Natural Gas 44%Coal 32%Hydroelectric 13%Other Fossil 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.2 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
14.1 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
14.5 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
17.7 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
17.7 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
30.1 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
30.2 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
32.1 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
32.4 mi	Clinch River Cleveland, VA	Natural Gas	475 MW	Appalachian Power Co
33.5 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.3 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
36.0 mi	Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center St. Paul, VA	Coal	668 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
36.7 mi	Domtar Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN	Natural Gas	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill
39.1 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
40.4 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
44.9 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
46.9 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
47.2 mi	Mineral Gap Wise, VA	Solar	3 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 18 power plants within 50 miles of Shady Valley, Tennessee (ZIP 37688), with a combined 2,064 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 18 nearby plants. The closest plant is South Holston at 10.2 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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