CHICKAMAUGA

How CHICKAMAUGA compares

With 160 MW of capacity, CHICKAMAUGA ranks 15th among the 53 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Tennessee and 4th of the 29 operating Hydro plants in the state. It accounts for about 3.8% of Tennessee's operating Hydro capacity and 0.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 115th-largest of the 1,243 operating Hydro plants in the database. Commissioned in 1940, it is older than 83% of the 53 operating Tennessee plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, runs 32 operating plants in Tennessee totaling 19,142 MW. It shares Hamilton County with 4 other operating plants, including SEQUOYAH and RACCOON MOUNTAIN.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 160 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional hydroelectric technology. Net generation was 689 GWh in 2024 (a 49% capacity factor), up 1% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1940 and 1952.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is CHATTANOOGA PSCC (161 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 161 kV line owned by TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, about 0.1 miles away. Another 5 operating power plants totaling 4,269 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is SEQUOYAH (2,441 MW, Nuclear).

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