State

Tennessee

Who serves its customers, 2025

Who serves its customers, 2025
Kind of utility	Customers	Share of customers
Investor owned	49,698	1.3%
Cooperative	1,228,380	32.8%
Public (municipal, state, federal, and districts)	2,471,003	65.9%
Other	2	0.0%

Customers of full-service and energy-only providers, as EIA counts them; delivery-only customers are the same people, so they are not counted twice.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Annual Electric Power Industry Report (Form EIA-861) · data for 2025 · as of Oct 7, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Average price by sector, 2025

Average price by sector, 2025
Sector	Average price (cents per kWh)
Residential	13.22
Commercial	12.87
Industrial	6.59

Revenue from every kind of service over sales counted once, as EIA computes its state averages.

Capacity and generation by fuel

Capacity and generation by fuel
Fuel	Capacity	Net generation in 2025
Natural gas	7,388.4 MW	17,903,134 MWh
Nuclear	4,980.8 MW	29,333,225 MWh
Hydro	4,234 MW	8,302,483 MWh
Bituminous coal	3,010.5 MW	10,540,685 MWh
Subbituminous coal	2,655.2 MW	7,375,518 MWh
Solar	819.4 MW	1,274,854 MWh
Distillate fuel oil	166.8 MW	127,000 MWh
Wood	50 MW	128,040 MWh
BLQ	22.5 MW	255,125 MWh
Landfill gas	12.6 MW	74,863 MWh
OBL	2 MW	0 MWh
RC		103,151 MWh
Wind		0 MWh
OBS		5,488 MWh
Residual fuel oil		0 MWh
SLW		12,289 MWh
TDF		0 MWh
OG		10,288 MWh
Other		210 MWh

Balancing authorities serving it: MISO, PJM, TVA.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Annual Electric Generator Report (Form EIA-860) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 10, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Power Plant Operations Report (Form EIA-923) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 11, 2026 · retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Interconnection queue, as of the end of 2025

Interconnection queue, as of the end of 2025
Type	Active capacity (MW)	Projects
Solar	1,416	13
Storage	747	6
Gas	10,665	15
Hybrid	699	5
Other	275	14

Requests still active in an interconnection queue at the end of 2025. Most never get built. Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker · Queued Up: Interconnection Queue Data File (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) · data for 2025 · as of May 7, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Utilities

Utilities
Utility	Ownership, as EIA reports it	Customers	Sales (MWh)
Nashville Electric Service	Municipal	470,927	12,342,720
City of Memphis - (TN)	Municipal	429,095	13,713,352
Middle Tennessee E M C	Cooperative	348,660	8,980,565
Knoxville Utilities Board	Municipal	222,350	5,997,139
City of Chattanooga - (TN)	Municipal	189,589	5,576,425
Volunteer Electric Coop	Cooperative	129,770	2,659,534
Cumberland Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	113,734	3,031,673
City of Clarksville - (TN)	Municipal	86,998	1,739,529
Duck River Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	86,055	1,991,134
Johnson City - (TN)	Municipal	84,705	2,036,238
City of Lenoir - (TN)	Municipal	78,504	2,089,743
Sevier County Electric System	Municipal	64,328	1,712,941
Upper Cumberland E M C	Cooperative	54,524	1,107,157
Southwest Tennessee E M C	Cooperative	52,538	959,680
Appalachian Electric Coop	Cooperative	52,126	1,016,436
Kingsport Power Co	Investor Owned	49,694	1,831,201
City of Greeneville - (TN)	Municipal	40,996	1,118,954
Sequachee Valley Electric Coop	Cooperative	39,465	863,364
City of Dickson	Municipal	39,284	871,778
City of Jackson - (TN)	Municipal	39,160	2,021,661
Columbia Power System - (TN)	Municipal	37,542	912,509
Meriwether Lewis Electric Coop	Cooperative	37,018	1,141,051
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop	Cooperative	36,577	741,977
Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	36,159	627,670
Gibson Electric Members Corp	Cooperative	36,017	828,341
City of Bristol - (TN)	Municipal	34,999	884,794
City of Cleveland - (TN)	Municipal	34,805	1,040,504
City of Alcoa Utilities	Municipal	32,972	686,169
Holston Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	32,726	790,444
City of Clinton - (TN)	Municipal	31,429	806,533
Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN)	Cooperative	30,837	578,640
City of Gallatin - (TN)	Municipal	27,525	815,752
City of Elizabethton - (TN)	Municipal	27,115	522,777
Powell Valley Electric Coop	Cooperative	26,771	559,607
City of Lexington - (TN)	Municipal	23,679	433,996
City of Newport - (TN)	Municipal	23,676	544,197
City of LaFollette	Municipal	23,563	469,926
Chickasaw Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	23,299	524,477
City of Paris - (TN)	Municipal	22,914	682,622
Maryville Utilities	Municipal	22,640	795,604
City of Lawrenceburg	Municipal	22,048	492,503
Pickwick Electric Coop	Cooperative	21,503	381,836
Tennessee Valley Electric Coop	Cooperative	21,072	388,411
Weakley County Mun Elec Sys	Municipal	20,893	469,253
City of Cookeville - (TN)	Municipal	20,059	569,109
City of Fayetteville	Municipal	19,560	481,562
Plateau Electric Cooperative	Cooperative	18,271	463,304
City of Oak Ridge	Municipal	17,945	482,124
City of Morristown - (TN)	Municipal	16,625	984,114
Mountain Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	16,316	246,083
Carroll County - (TN)	Municipal	15,612	490,168
City of Rockwood - (TN)	Municipal	15,531	300,198
City of Pulaski - (TN)	Municipal	15,419	426,850
Loudon Utilities Board	Municipal	14,796	600,924
Athens Utility Board	Municipal	14,248	633,080
City of Dyersburg	Municipal	12,084	382,052
City of Shelbyville - (TN)	Municipal	11,861	361,090
City of Dayton - (TN)	Municipal	11,536	323,173
Bolivar Energy Authority	Municipal	11,441	219,984
City of Harriman - (TN)	Municipal	11,377	256,440
Tullahoma Board-Public Utils	Municipal	11,353	280,701
Benton County	Municipal	10,648	192,123
Forked Deer Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	10,125	161,696
City of Sweetwater	Municipal	9,937	253,042
City of Springfield - (TN)	Municipal	9,163	291,977
Town of Erwin - (TN)	Municipal	9,079	181,977
City of Milan - (TN)	Municipal	8,549	182,288
McMinnville Electric System	Municipal	8,370	176,919
City of Winchester - (TN)	Municipal	6,867	170,801
City of Lewisburg - (TN)	Municipal	6,738	312,429
City of Ripley - (TN)	Municipal	6,678	150,785
City of Union City	Municipal	6,486	310,146
City of Brownsville	Municipal	5,449	183,814
City of Etowah	Municipal	5,387	161,761
City of Covington - (TN)	Municipal	4,743	225,591
City of Humboldt	Municipal	4,598	200,705
City of Mt Pleasant - (TN)	Municipal	4,319	145,918
Tri-State Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	3,481	50,014
City of Sparta	Municipal	3,103	123,248
City of Smithville - (TN)	Municipal	3,085	189,783
City of Trenton - (TN)	Municipal	2,465	63,050
City of Jellico	Municipal	2,289	154,636
City of Newbern	Municipal	1,842	104,145
French Broad Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	1,079	10,047
South Kentucky Rural E C C	Cooperative	181	2,551
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.	Cooperative	76	744
Tennessee Valley Authority	Federal	25	7,713,016
Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation	Behind the Meter	13	4,444
Entergy Arkansas LLC	Investor Owned	4	64
Adjustment 2025		-11	53,444

A utility with too few reported figures for its own page is listed here with what it reported.

Power plants (108)

Power plants in Tennessee, largest first
Plant	County	Nameplate capacity	Operator
Cumberland (TN)	Stewart	2,600 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant	Rhea	2,539.8 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Sequoyah	Hamilton	2,441 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Gallatin (TN)	Sumner	1,918.4 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Raccoon Mountain	Hamilton	1,713.6 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Kingston	Roane	1,700 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Johnsonville	Humphreys	1,676 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Lagoon Creek	Haywood	1,625.2 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Allen	Shelby	1,290.1 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
John Sevier	Hawkins	996.9 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Gleason Generating Facility	Weakley	567.8 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Brownsville Peaking Power	Haywood	460 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Pickwick Landing Dam	Hardin	240 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Eastman Operations	Sullivan	194.3 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-TN Ops
Ridgely Energy Farm	Lake	177 MW	Leeward Asset Management, LLC
Watts Bar Hydro	Rhea	174.6 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Chickamauga	Hamilton	159.6 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Calderwood	Blount	156.6 MW	Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydropower LP
Center Hill	DeKalb	156 MW	USCE-Nashville District
Fort Loudoun	Loudon	153.3 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Douglas Dam	Sevier	150.8 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Elora Solar	Lincoln	150 MW	Elora Solar
Cherokee Dam	Jefferson	135 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Norris Dam	Anderson	131.4 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Boone Dam	Sullivan	105.9 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Nickajack	Marion	103.9 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Old Hickory	Sumner	103.7 MW	USCE-Nashville District
OETN1	Obion	100 MW	OE_TN1
Cordell Hull	Smith	99.9 MW	USCE-Nashville District
Apalachia	Polk	93.6 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Packaging Corp of America	Hardin	72.5 MW	Packaging Corp of America
Melton Hill	Loudon	72 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
SR McKellar	Madison	70 MW	SR McKellar, LLC
Primient Loudon Plant	Loudon	61.4 MW	PRIMIENT, LLC
Fort Patrick Henry	Sullivan	59.4 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Watauga	Carter	57.6 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Dale Hollow	Clay	54 MW	USCE-Nashville District
Millington Solar Farm	Shelby	53 MW	SR Millington, LLC
Domtar Kingsport Mill	Sullivan	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co LLC Kingsport Mill
Chilhowee	Blount	49.8 MW	Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydropower LP
Tims Ford	Franklin	45.7 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
South Holston	Sullivan	38.5 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Cheatham	Dickson	36 MW	USCE-Nashville District
SR Bell Buckle	Bedford	35 MW	SR Bell Buckle, LLC
Great Falls (TN)	Warren	33.7 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Ocoee 3	Polk	28.8 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
J P Priest	Davidson	28 MW	USCE-Nashville District
McMinnville	Warren	24 MW	McMinnville Electric System
Ocoee 2	Polk	23 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Powell Valley	Hancock	22 MW	Powell Valley Electric Coop
Ocoee 1	Polk	19 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Vanderbilt University Power Plant	Davidson	18.7 MW	Vanderbilt University
Providence Solar	Madison	16 MW	Providence Solar Center, LLC
Selmer I	McNairy	16 MW	Selmer North Solar I, LLC
SR Canadaville, LLC	Fayette	16 MW	SR Canadaville, LLC
Mulberry Farm LLC	McNairy	15.8 MW	Onward Energy
Selmer Farm LLC	McNairy	15.8 MW	Onward Energy
Latitude Solar Center	Hardeman	15 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
Wildberry	Fayette	15 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
Wilbur	Carter	10.6 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
SR Washington I, LLC	Washington	9 MW	SR Washington I, LLC
Selmer II	McNairy	8 MW	Selmer North Solar II, LLC
Volkswagen Solar System	Hamilton	7.6 MW	SR Enterprise South, LLC
SR Maryville East	Blount	7.5 MW	SR Maryville East, LLC
SR Paris	Henry	6.8 MW	SR Paris, LLC
SR Lexington	Henderson	6.5 MW	SR Lexington, LLC
SR Trezevant	Carroll	6.5 MW	SR Trezevant, LLC
DMAT Denso - SEAT Solar Holdings, LLC	McMinn	5.3 MW	Solarity Aggregator, LLC
MTSU Power Co-Gen Plant	Rutherford	5 MW	Middle Tennessee State University
University of Tennessee Steam Plant	Knox	5 MW	University of Tennessee
Chestnut Ridge Gas Recovery	Anderson	4.8 MW	WM Renewable Energy LLC
West Camden	Benton	4.8 MW	WM Renewable Energy LLC
SR Clarksville II, LLC	Montgomery	4.8 MW	SR Clarksville II, LLC
SR Greenville I	Greene	4.8 MW	SR Greenville I, LLC
SR Greenville II	Greene	4.8 MW	SR Greenville II, LLC
SR Monroe, LLC	Overton	4.8 MW	SR Monroe, LLC
Opryland USA	Davidson	4.5 MW	Gaylord Entertainment Co
SR Jonesborough	Washington	4.4 MW	SR Jonesborough II, LLC
SR Albany, LLC	Greene	4.3 MW	SR Albany, LLC
West Tennessee Solar Farm	Haywood	4.2 MW	UT West Tennessee Solar Farm
Mountain Home Energy Center	Washington	3.6 MW	Energy Systems Group LLC
SR Bolivar	Hardeman	3.3 MW	SR Bolivar, LLC
SR Christiana, LLC	Rutherford	3.3 MW	SR Christiana, LLC
Bi-County Gas Producers	Montgomery	3 MW	Cube District Energy, LLC
Haywood Solar	Haywood	3 MW	Haywood Solar, SMLLC
SR Brownsville	Haywood	3 MW	SR Brownsville, LLC
Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Solar	Hamilton	2.5 MW	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
SR Forked Deer	Lauderdale	2.5 MW	SR Forked Deer, LLC
Somerville Solar	Fayette	2.3 MW	Somerville Solar, LLC
SR Trenton	Gibson	2.3 MW	SR Trenton, LLC
SR Clarksville, LLC	Montgomery	2 MW	SR Clarksville, LLC
SR White Pine, LLC	Jefferson	2 MW	SR White Pine, LLC
Music City Community Solar	Davidson	1.6 MW	Nashville Electric Service
SR Blount, LLC	Blount	1.5 MW	SR Blount, LLC
SR Innovation - NIKE PV	Shelby	1.5 MW	SR Innovation, LLC
SR Marion, LLC	Sequatchie	1.3 MW	SR Marion, LLC
SR Maryville	Blount	1.3 MW	SR Maryville, LLC
IKEA Memphis 508	Shelby	1.1 MW	IKEA Property Inc
SR Jackson II	Madison	1 MW	SR Jackson II, LLC
Graceland Solar, LLC	Shelby	0 MW	RWE Clean Energy
SR Adamsville	McNairy	0 MW	SR Adamsville, LLC
SR Benton	Benton	0 MW	SR Benton, LLC
SR Gray	Washington	0 MW	SR Gray, LLC
SR Hickman	Hickman	0 MW	SR Hickman, LLC
SR Millington II	Shelby	0 MW	SR Millington II, LLC
SR Sequatchie	Sequatchie	0 MW	SR Sequatchie, LLC
SR South Gibson	Gibson	0 MW	SR South Gibson, LLC
Yum Yum Solar LLC	Fayette	0 MW	Invenergy Services LLC

Customer-owned generation (net metering)

Net-metered capacity in Tennessee by technology, MW, with installations and energy sold back to the grid
Year	Photovoltaic (MW)	Battery or storage (MW)	Wind (MW)	All technologies (MW)	Installations	Energy sold back (MWh)
2021	1.2	0.0	0.0	1.2	53	638
2022	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	70	632
2023	1.0	0.2		1.0	90	678
2024	1.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	99	688
2025	1.1	0.3	0.0	1.1	110	725

Before 2023, EIA reported storage paired with photovoltaic inside the photovoltaic group; from 2023, batteries are their own group, paired with photovoltaic or not. Neither is added into photovoltaic here.

Net metering by sector, 2025
Sector	All technologies (MW)	Installations	Energy sold back (MWh)
Residential	0.7	98	312
Commercial	0.4	12	413

Distributed generation that is not net metered

A different arrangement: customer-sited or utility-owned generation that is paid or credited some other way, or not at all. EIA reports it separately, and it is not added to the net metering figures.

Distributed capacity in Tennessee that is not net metered, MW
Year	Photovoltaic	Wind	Other	All technologies (MW)
2021	60.3	0.1	6.8	67.2
2022	48.4	0.0	4.2	52.6
2023	58.3	0.0	2.9	61.3
2024	57.6	0.0	2.9	60.6
2025	56.7	0.0	2.9	59.7

We do not restate net metering rules, which change. The rules are with Tennessee Public Utility Commission · the DSIRE policy database (NC Clean Energy Technology Center)

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Net metering and other distributed generation (Form EIA-861), 2021 to 2025 · data for 2025 · as of Oct 7, 2026 · retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Community solar

Tennessee has 6 community solar projects serving customers, 8.8 MW-AC in all, in the National Laboratory of the Rockies' list as of September 2026.

Community solar serving customers in Tennessee by who markets the subscriptions, September 2026
Subscriptions marketed by	Projects	Capacity (MW-AC)
Utility	6	8.8

These counts and capacities are our own sums of the laboratory's project list; its license keeps us from publishing a copy of the list itself. About the dataset

Data: Kannan, S., Frey, N., Jayswal, R., Chan, G., and Simmons, I., Sharing the Sun: Community Solar Project Data (September 2026), National Laboratory of the Rockies, doi:10.7799/2438583. Credit: DOE/NLR/Alliance for Energy Innovation.