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Kingston Fossil Plant, commonly known as Kingston Steam Plant, is a 1.4-gigawatt coal-fired power plant located in Roane County, just outside Kingston, Tennessee, on the shore of Watts Bar Lake. It is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. The plant is known for the Kingston Fossil Plant fly ash spill which occurred in December 2008.
Read more on WikipediaThe Kingston plant, located in Roane County, Tennessee, is a hybrid power plant owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Commissioned in 1954, the plant has a total capacity of 3530.6 MW across 27 generators. The plant utilizes a mix of fuel sources and technologies, including conventional steam coal, natural gas-fired combined cycle, and natural gas-fired combustion turbine units. Kingston ranks as the second-largest power plant in Tennessee and fifth-largest nationally out of 945 plants.
Kingston operates within the Tennessee Valley Authority balancing authority area and the SERC NERC region. The plant's latest annual generation was 3,382,008 MWh, resulting in a capacity factor of 11.8%. The plant's primary fuel source is natural gas.
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