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Cumberland Fossil Plant is a pulverized coal-fired power station located west of Cumberland City, Tennessee, US, on the south bank of Lake Barkley on the Cumberland River. Owned and operated by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), it has a gross capacity of 2,470 MW, and is the most powerful power station in Tennessee.
Read more on WikipediaThe Cumberland power plant, located in Stewart County, Tennessee, is owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Commissioned in 1973, the plant has a total capacity of 4155.6 MW across 6 generators, making it the largest power plant in Tennessee and the third-largest in the United States. The plant is a hybrid facility utilizing both conventional steam coal and natural gas-fired combined cycle technologies. Its primary fuel source is natural gas (NG).
In the latest year for which data is available, the Cumberland plant generated 9,096,100 MWh of electricity, operating at a capacity factor of 24.8%. The plant operates within the Tennessee Valley Authority balancing authority area and is located within the SERC Reliability Corporation NERC region.
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