Pickwick Landing Dam

OperatingHydro

Ranked #2 of 29 Hydro plants in TN#84 of 1454 nationally

240 MW Hydro operating in Hardin, TN — Tennessee Valley Authority

EIAGEMWD

240 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

units

Conventional Hydroelectric

Technology

1938

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

35.0683, -88.2494

County

Hardin, TN

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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

Pickwick Landing Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Hardin County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The dam is one of nine dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the 1930s as part of a New Deal-era initiative to create a continuous navigation channel between the river's mouth and Knoxville, and bring economic development to the area. The dam impounds the 43,100-acre (17,400 ha) Pickwick Lake and its tailwaters are part of Kentucky Lake.

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Pickwick Landing Dam is a 240 MW hydroelectric power plant located in Hardin County, Tennessee. The plant began operating in 1938 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 six generators.

Pickwick Landing Dam is the second-largest hydroelectric plant in Tennessee out of 13 such facilities, and ranks 85th nationally out of 194 hydroelectric plants. In the most recent year with available data, the plant generated 1,259,360 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 59.7%. The plant operates within the Tennessee Valley Authority balancing authority area and is part of the SERC NERC region.

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