Cordell Hull
Hydro power plant · Smith County, Tennessee
Nameplate capacity
100 MW
Rank in Tennessee
#31
of 106 plants
In service since
1973
August 1973
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- USCE-Nashville District
- County
- Smith County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.42%
- Rank among hydro plants in Tennessee
- #14 of 29
- EIA plant code
- 3423
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 33 MW | 38 MW | 1973 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 33 MW | 30 MW | 1973 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 33 MW | 38 MW | 1974 | 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
| Old Hickory | Hydro | 104 MW |
| OETN1 | Solar | 100 MW |
| Apalachia | Hydro | 94 MW |
| SR Millington II | Solar | 75 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 100 MW solar plant and a 100 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