Chickamauga
Hydro power plant · Hamilton County, Tennessee
Nameplate capacity
160 MW
Rank in Tennessee
#17
of 106 plants
In service since
1940
March 1940
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- County
- Hamilton County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.67%
- Rank among hydro plants in Tennessee
- #4 of 29
- EIA plant code
- 3398
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 40 MW | 35 MW | 1940 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 40 MW | 35 MW | 1940 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 40 MW | 35 MW | 1940 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 40 MW | 35 MW | 1952 | 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
| Ridgely Energy Farm | Solar | 177 MW |
| Watts Bar Hydro | Hydro | 175 MW |
| Calderwood | Hydro | 157 MW |
| Center Hill | Hydro | 156 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 160 MW solar plant and a 160 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