Center Hill
Hydro power plant · DeKalb County, Tennessee
Nameplate capacity
156 MW
Rank in Tennessee
#19
of 106 plants
In service since
1950
November 1950
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- USCE-Nashville District
- County
- DeKalb County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.66%
- Rank among hydro plants in Tennessee
- #6 of 29
- EIA plant code
- 6417
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 52 MW | 52 MW | 1950 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 52 MW | 50 MW | 1951 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 52 MW | 52 MW | 1951 | 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
| Chickamauga | Hydro | 160 MW |
| Calderwood | Hydro | 157 MW |
| Fort Loudoun | Hydro | 153 MW |
| Douglas Dam | Hydro | 151 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 156 MW solar plant and a 156 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