Tennessee Eastman Operations

⚡ Other FossilIndustrial CHP194 MW capacity

15th largest plant in Tennessee · 1616th nationally

Tennessee Eastman Operations is a other fossil power plant in Tennessee with a nameplate capacity of 194 MW. It generates roughly 941.0k MWh per year — enough to power about 89,618 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 55% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%55%
Mid-merit — steady but not full-time

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0Jan: 95.0k MWh (66% of capacity)JFeb: 91.8k MWh (70% of capacity)FMar: 97.5k MWh (67% of capacity)MApr: 89.5k MWh (64% of capacity)AMay: 97.8k MWh (68% of capacity)MJun: 100.0k MWh (71% of capacity)JJul: 102.8k MWh (71% of capacity)JAug: 102.8k MWh (71% of capacity)ASep: 88.4k MWh (63% of capacity)SOct: 83.5k MWh (58% of capacity)ONov: 97.8k MWh (70% of capacity)NDec: 97.5k MWh (67% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (194 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.

Capacity194 MWnameplate
Annual Generation941.0k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor55%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂—metric tons

Location

Plant NameTennessee Eastman Operations
OperatorEastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
CityKingsport
CountySullivan County
StateTennessee
ZIP37662
Coordinates36.52190, -82.54310

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

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Generators (19)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
TG25Conventional Steam CoalBituminous Coal18.0 MWOperating1994
TG24Natural Gas Steam TurbineNatural Gas16.8 MWOperating1983
TG26Conventional Steam CoalBituminous Coal16.6 MWOperating1994
TG22Conventional Steam CoalBituminous Coal15.4 MWOperating1982
TG21Natural Gas Steam TurbineNatural Gas15.0 MWOperating1969
TG16Natural Gas Steam TurbineNatural Gas10.4 MWOperating1966
TG17Natural Gas Steam TurbineNatural Gas10.4 MWOperating1966
TG18Natural Gas Steam TurbineNatural Gas10.4 MWOperating1967
TG19Natural Gas Steam TurbineNatural Gas10.4 MWOperating1970
TG20Natural Gas Steam TurbineNatural Gas10.4 MWOperating1972
TG14Conventional Steam CoalBituminous Coal10.0 MWOperating1962
TG15Conventional Steam CoalBituminous Coal7.5 MWOperating1963
TG13Conventional Steam CoalBituminous Coal7.0 MWOperating1960
TG10Conventional Steam CoalBituminous Coal6.0 MWOperating1946
TG11Conventional Steam CoalBituminous Coal6.0 MWOperating1949
TG12Conventional Steam CoalBituminous Coal6.0 MWOperating1953
TGO7Conventional Steam CoalBituminous Coal6.0 MWOperating1936
TGO8Conventional Steam CoalBituminous Coal6.0 MWOperating1939
TGO9Conventional Steam CoalBituminous Coal6.0 MWOperating1941

Emissions (annual)

NOₓ729 metric tons

Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.

Grid context

NERC RegionSERC
Balancing AuthorityPjm Interconnection, Llc

About Other Fossil plants

Tennessee Eastman Operations is a federally registered power generation facility in Tennessee.

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