GALLATIN

How GALLATIN compares

With 1,918 MW of capacity, GALLATIN ranks 3rd among the 53 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Tennessee and 2nd of the 7 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 20% of Tennessee's operating Coal capacity and 9.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 35th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1956, it is older than 56% 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 Sumner County with one other operating plant, OLD HICKORY.

EIA-860 lists 12 generators at the site with 1,918 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly conventional steam coal technology. Net generation was 4,158 GWh in 2024 (a 25% capacity factor), down 7% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1956 and 2000.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is CAIRO BEND, about 2.5 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 161 kV line owned by TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, under 0.1 miles away. Another 3 operating power plants totaling 136 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is OLD HICKORY (104 MW, Hydro). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is XO Nashville in Nashville, about 23.4 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