Melton Hill

OperatingHydro

Ranked #16 of 29 Hydro plants in TN#247 of 1454 nationally

72 MW Hydro operating in Loudon, TN — Tennessee Valley Authority

EIAGEMWD

72 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

units

Conventional Hydroelectric

Technology

1964

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

35.8853, -84.3003

County

Loudon, TN

Nearby Plants

Fort Loudoun
Hydro153.3 MW · 11.6 km
Primient Loudon Plant
Natural Gas61.4 MW · 16.8 km
Kingston
Natural Gas3530.6 MW · 19.8 km

Ownership & Operator

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Tennessee Valley Authority	Tennessee Valley Authority	—
Owner(s)	Tennessee Valley Authority	Tennessee Valley Authority	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

About

Melton Hill Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River just south of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1960s to extend the Tennessee Valley's continuous navigation channel up the Clinch as far as Clinton and to increase TVA's overall power-generating capacity. The dam impounds the 5,470-acre (2,210 ha) Melton Hill Lake, and is the only TVA tributary dam serviced by a navigation lock. The dam and associated infrastructure were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.

Read more on Wikipedia

Melton Hill is a 72 MW hydroelectric power plant located in Loudon County, Tennessee. The plant began operating in 1964 and is owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). It utilizes conventional hydroelectric technology with water (WAT) as its primary fuel source. The facility consists of two generators.

In the most recent year of reported data, Melton Hill generated 125,088 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 19.8%. The plant operates within the Tennessee Valley Authority balancing authority and is located in the SERC NERC region. Melton Hill ranks as the 16th largest power plant out of 29 in Tennessee, and 247th out of 1464 nationally.

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