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- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
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Kingston
Power plant · Coal
Key facts
Power plant · Coalran 23% of 2024 Retiring- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1954
- Net generation, 2024
- 3,460,569 MWh
- Grid
- 161 kV to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
- Location
- Roane County, Tennessee
- Operated by
- Tennessee Valley Authority
Output
- Coal
- Oil
Details
Who’s behind it
- Owner
- U.S. Government
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- Technology
- Coal source: “Conventional Steam Coal”
- Age
- 72 years since 1954
- Heat rate
- 12,908 Btu/kWh 2025
All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Gem |
|
| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 43,654,131 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.227 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 12,907.8 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 3,382,007.9 |
| Balancing authority code | TVA |
Retirement
EIA-860M September 2026StatusAt least half of the plant's in-service nameplate capacity is scheduled to retire, on dates its owner has reported to EIA. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.- Next scheduled retirement
- December 2027
- Last scheduled retirement
- December 2034
- Capacity scheduled to retire
- 1,700 MW
- Generators scheduled to retire
- 9
- Share of in-service capacity scheduled
- 100%
- Capacity still in service
- 1,700 MW
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 175 MW | Scheduled to retire | December 2027 |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 175 MW | Scheduled to retire | December 2027 |
| 3 | Conventional Steam Coal | 175 MW | Scheduled to retire | December 2027 |
| 4 | Conventional Steam Coal | 175 MW | Scheduled to retire | December 2027 |
| 5 | Conventional Steam Coal | 200 MW | Scheduled to retire | December 2027 |
| 6 | Conventional Steam Coal | 200 MW | Scheduled to retire | December 2027 |
| 7 | Conventional Steam Coal | 200 MW | Scheduled to retire | December 2034 |
| 8 | Conventional Steam Coal | 200 MW | Scheduled to retire | December 2034 |
| 9 | Conventional Steam Coal | 200 MW | Scheduled to retire | December 2034 |
Grid
EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).- Grid voltage at the plant
- 161 kV
- Transmission or distribution system owner
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Balancing authority
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- NERC region
- SERC
Can the connection be reused?
A plant that retires usually leaves its substation, transmission connection and interconnection agreement behind, and those may be reusable by a new project at the same site. FERC Order No. 845 lets an interconnection customer use surplus interconnection service at an existing site, and some transmission providers' tariffs let a replacement resource take over a retiring unit's interconnection service, usually within a set time after the retirement. Whether any such right still exists here, who holds it and on what terms depends on the owner, the transmission provider and timing; this page does not establish any of that.
Ownership
2 companies2| Company | Role | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Valley Authority | Operator | EIA-860M | |
| U.S. Government | Owner | Dec 31, 2023 | EPA GHGRP |
Timeline
- Stated Units 7, 8, 9 scheduled to retire, 600 MW · EIA-860M
- Stated Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 scheduled to retire, 1,100 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · GEM · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Sources
- EIA-860M
- GEMGlobal Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- EIASource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)