TVA to shut down Kingston coal plant

April 2, 2024 at 10:57 a.m. | Updated April 2, 2024 at 6:24 p.m.

by Dave Flessner

Staff Photo / The TVA Kingston Fossil Plant is reflected in a new storage pond, rebuilt after a Dec. 22, 2008, coal ash spill, which blanketed more than 300 acres in Harriman, Tenn. TVA announced Tuesday it would end coal use at the plant by 2027, switching to natural gas and solar power.
Staff Photo / The TVA Kingston Fossil Plant is reflected in a new storage pond, rebuilt after a Dec. 22, 2008, coal ash spill, which blanketed more than 300 acres in Harriman, Tenn. TVA announced Tuesday it would end coal use at the plant by 2027, switching to natural gas and solar power.

When it was built in 1955, the Kingston Fossil Plant was the largest coal-fired generating facility in the world, a distinction the Tennessee Valley Authority plant held for more than a decade.

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