LAGOON CREEK

How LAGOON CREEK compares

With 1,625 MW of capacity, LAGOON CREEK ranks 6th among the 53 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Tennessee and is the largest of the 5 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 61% of Tennessee's operating Natural Gas capacity and 8.0% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 25th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2001, it is newer 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 Haywood County with 2 other operating plants, BROWNSVILLE PEAKING POWER and WEST TENNESSEE SOLAR FARM.

EIA-860 lists 15 generators at the site with 1,625 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 3,500 GWh in 2024 (a 25% capacity factor), down 15% from 2022. Its generators came online between 2001 and 2010.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is BROWNSVILLE INDL.PK. (161 kV), about 8.7 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 500 kV line owned by TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, under 0.1 miles away. Another 2 operating power plants totaling 464 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is BROWNSVILLE PEAKING POWER (460 MW, Natural Gas).

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