12th largest plant in Tennessee · 657th nationally
Gleason Generating Facility is a natural gas power plant in Tennessee with a nameplate capacity of 568 MW. It generates roughly 37.9k MWh per year — enough to power about 3,611 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 1% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 11084 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Gleason Generating Facility |
|---|---|
| Operator | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| City | Gleason |
| County | Weakley County |
| State | Tennessee |
| ZIP | 38229 |
| Coordinates | 36.24540, -88.61200 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 191 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CTG3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 191 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CTG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 185 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CO₂ | 210.2k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 130 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 11084 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | SERC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Tennessee Valley Authority |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.