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McMinnville

Other power plant · Warren County, Tennessee

Nameplate capacity
24 MW
Rank in Tennessee
#51
of 106 plants
In service since
2001
June 2001

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
McMinnville Electric System
County
Warren County
Generating units
12
Share of state capacity
0.10%
Rank among other plants in Tennessee
#2 of 7
EIA plant code
55928

Generating units

Individual generating units at McMinnville
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW1.8 MW2001Operating
10Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW1.8 MW2001Operating
11Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW1.8 MW2001Operating
12Other Waste Biomass2.0 MW1.8 MW2005Operating
2Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW1.8 MW2001Operating
3Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW1.8 MW2001Operating
4Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW1.8 MW2001Operating
5Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW1.8 MW2001Operating
6Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW1.8 MW2001Operating
7Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW1.8 MW2001Operating
8Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW1.8 MW2001Operating
9Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW1.8 MW2001Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 24 MW solar plant and a 24 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