John Sevier Fossil Plant

{{short description|Coal-fired power plant in Tennessee, United States}}

{{Infobox power station

|name = John Sevier Fossil Plant

|image = John Sevier Fossil Plant-6.jpg

|image_caption = John Sevier Fossil Plant

|country = United States

|location = Hawkins County, Tennessee, near Rogersville

| coordinates = {{coord|36|22|37|N|82|57|48|W|region:US-TN_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

|owner = Tennessee Valley Authority

|status = D

|th_fuel_primary = Bituminous coal

|ps_cooling_source = Holston River

|ps_combined_cycle =

|ps_electrical_capacity= 880

|ps_annual_generation=

|commissioned = Unit 1: 1955
Unit 2: 1955
Unit 3: 1956
Unit 4: 1957

|decommissioned = Units 1-4: 2012{{cite web |title=John Sevier Fossil Plant Is Coming Down |url=https://www.tva.com/Energy/Our-Power-System/Coal/John-Sevier-Fossil-Plant-Is-Coming-Down |website=Tennessee Valley Authority |access-date=December 11, 2020 |date=December 8, 2016 }}

|ps_units_decommissioned = 4

}}

John Sevier Fossil Plant, commonly known as John Sevier Steam Plant, was a 0.88-gigawatt (880 MW) coal-fired power plant located in Hawkins County, Tennessee, south of Rogersville on the shore of the Holston River.{{cite web |title=Plants of the Past |url=https://www.tva.com/energy/our-power-system/coal/plants-of-the-past |website=Tennessee Valley Authority |access-date=December 11, 2020}} It was operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority.

It was decommissioned in 2012, and replaced by a combined-cycle natural gas plant in the same year.{{cite web |title=PLANT REPORT – JOHN SEVIER COMBINED CYCLE PLANT |url=https://www.ccj-online.com/4q-2012/plant-reports-john-sevier-combined-cycle-plant/ |website=Combined Cycle Journal |access-date=December 11, 2020}}{{cite web |title=TVA Begins Operation of John Sevier CCGT Plant |url=https://www.powermag.com/tva-begins-operation-of-john-sevier-ccgt-plant/ |website=Power |access-date=December 12, 2020 |date=June 1, 2012}} The plant and its two 350 foot tall smokestacks were demolished from 2015 to 2017.{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Jordan |title=TVA demolishes remnants of John Sevier Coal Plant in Hawkins Co. |url=https://www.wjhl.com/news/tva-demolishes-remnants-of-john-sevier-coal-plant-in-hawkins-co/ |access-date=December 11, 2020 |work=WJHL-TV |date=May 6, 2017}}