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EIA plant 3399

Cumberland City · Stewart · TN

Cumberland (TN)

Operated by Tennessee Valley Authority

Annual generation9,511,813 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesBITCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextTennessee Valley AuthorityBalancing authority or NERC region

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Where is Cumberland (TN)?

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36.390300, -87.653900

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyConventional Steam Coal2,600 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

11,107,288.98
2893,322
3593,312
4348,322
5501,390
61,263,204.97
71,394,061.03
81,000,066
9619,617
10402,220
11526,793
12862,216

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
11,107,288.98
2893,322
3593,312
4348,322
5501,390
61,263,204.97
71,394,061.03
81,000,066
9619,617
10402,220
11526,793
12862,216

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
11,107,289 MWh
2893,322 MWh
3593,312 MWh
4348,322 MWh
5501,390 MWh
61,263,205 MWh
71,394,061 MWh
81,000,066 MWh
9619,617 MWh
10402,220 MWh
11526,793 MWh
12862,216 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Conventional Steam CoalBIT1,300OP
2Conventional Steam CoalBIT1,300OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
3399
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Cumberland River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 7 has the highest recorded value (1,394,061 MWh) and 4 the lowest (348,322 MWh). Their difference is 1,045,739 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Conventional Steam Coal1300.01239.01265.0650.0
2Conventional Steam Coal1300.01231.01257.0650.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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