Brownsville Peaking Power
Natural gas power plant · Haywood County, Tennessee
Nameplate capacity
460 MW
Rank in Tennessee
#12
of 106 plants
In service since
1999
June 1999
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- County
- Haywood County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 1.94%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Tennessee
- #6 of 12
- EIA plant code
- 55081
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 118 MW | 118 MW | 1999 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 118 MW | 118 MW | 1999 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 112 MW | 110 MW | 1999 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 112 MW | 110 MW | 1999 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Tennessee
| John Sevier | Natural gas | 997 MW |
| Gleason Generating Facility | Natural gas | 568 MW |
| Pickwick Landing Dam | Hydro | 240 MW |
| Tennessee Eastman Operations | Coal | 194 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 460 MW solar plant and a 460 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Tennessee power plants · What Tennessee actually generates