CALDERWOOD

How CALDERWOOD compares

With 157 MW of capacity, CALDERWOOD ranks 16th among the 53 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Tennessee and 5th of the 29 operating Hydro plants in the state. It accounts for about 3.7% of Tennessee's operating Hydro capacity and 0.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 120th-largest of the 1,243 operating Hydro plants in the database. Commissioned in 1930, it is older than 90% of the 53 operating Tennessee plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE POWER, runs 2 operating plants in Tennessee totaling 206 MW. It shares Blount County with one other operating plant, CHILHOWEE.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 157 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional hydroelectric technology. Net generation was 549 GWh in 2024 (a 40% capacity factor), down 11% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1930 and 1938.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is CHILHOWEE, about 7.9 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 161 kV line owned by BROOKFIELD SMOKY MOUNTAIN HYDROPOWER LLC, under 0.1 miles away. Another 6 operating power plants totaling 507 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is FONTANA DAM (255 MW, Hydro). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Peace Communications KNX1 in Knoxville, about 32.8 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology