Power Plants Near 40865 — Putney, KY

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 40865 (Putney, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.9039, -83.2381 · County: Harlan

Natural Gas 52%Coal 33%Other Fossil 10%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
25.4 mi	Powell Valley Kyles Ford, TN	Oil	22 MW	Powell Valley Electric Coop
26.8 mi	Bright Mountain Solar Hazard, KY	Solar	—	Avangrid Power Llc
29.9 mi	Pineville Four Mile, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
31.1 mi	Greater Wise Solar Project Norton, VA	Solar	—	Bq Energy Development
35.7 mi	Starfire Mountain Solar Talcum, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
39.5 mi	John Sevier Rogersville, TN	Natural Gas	997 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
39.8 mi	Mineral Gap Wise, VA	Solar	3 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
44.5 mi	Domtar Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN	Natural Gas	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill
46.7 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
48.1 mi	Laurel Ridge Lfgte Lily, KY	Biomass	4 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
49.1 mi	Sr Albany, Llc Greenville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Albany, Llc
49.2 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.7 mi	Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center St. Paul, VA	Coal	668 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Putney, Kentucky (ZIP 40865), with a combined 1,998 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Powell Valley at 25.4 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 Kentucky, visit the Kentucky state page.

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