The Johnsonville Fossil Plant was a 1.5-gigawatt (1,500
MW),
coal power plant
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located in
New Johnsonville,
Humphreys County,
Tennessee
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, United States. The plant generated electricity from 1951 to 2017. It was operated by the
Tennessee Valley Authority
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(TVA).
History
Construction of the fossil plant began in 1949.
The fossil plant started commercial operations at Unit 1 on October 27, 1951. By August 1959, all ten units were operating. Its ten units had a combined operating capacity of 1.5-gigawatts (1,500 MW) with Units 1–4 providing electricity to the nearby
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History
In October 2013, DuPont announced that it was planning to ...
plant. In a 2011 agreement with the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resolve lingering violation complaints in failure to comply with the
Clean Air Act, the TVA announced they would shut down the coal units at Johnsonville by 2018. Units 5–10 were idled at Johnsonville in 2012 and were shut down on December 31, 2015.
Units 1–4 were shut down on December 31, 2017.
The plant was destroyed via a controlled implosion on July 31, 2021
See also
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List of power stations in Tennessee
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References
Energy infrastructure completed in 1951
Energy infrastructure completed in 1959
Tennessee Valley Authority
Buildings and structures in Humphreys County, Tennessee
Former coal-fired power stations in Tennessee
1951 establishments in Tennessee
2017 disestablishments in Tennessee
Buildings and structures demolished in 2021
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