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EIA plant 3420

Spring City · Rhea · TN

Watts Bar Hydro

Operated by Tennessee Valley Authority

Annual generation895,606 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWATCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextTennessee Valley AuthorityBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Watts Bar Hydro?

This locator uses the coordinates in the approved source record. It shows geographic context, not a site boundary, safety zone or property-risk area.

35.619673, -84.785527

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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.

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1109,527 MWh
2125,731 MWh
388,688 MWh
423,025 MWh
578,287 MWh
652,390 MWh
745,802 MWh
873,861 MWh
954,294 MWh
1094,930 MWh
1169,683 MWh
1279,388 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
HY1Conventional HydroelectricWAT41OP
HY2Conventional HydroelectricWAT33.4OP
HY3Conventional HydroelectricWAT33.4OP
HY4Conventional HydroelectricWAT33.4OP
HY5Conventional HydroelectricWAT33.4OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
3420
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Tennessee River
Data edition
2024-final