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John Sevier Fossil Plant Emissions

What TVA is doing about emissions at John Sevier

TVA has taken a number of steps to make the efficient generation of power at John Sevier as clean as possible:

  • In support of environmental agreements, TVA retired two units on Dec. 31, 2012, and retired the remaining two coal units on June 25, 2014.
  • John Sevier Combined Cycle units burn low-emitting natural gas or ultra-low sulfur fuel oil.
  • All combined cycle units are equipped with dry-low NOx burners and SCRs to reduce NOx emissions.

Sulfur dioxide

 
YearCoalCombustion Turbines
197441419 
197560511 
197682233 
197798784 
197861785 
197962317 
198083264 
198179261 
198280333 
198359669 
198451680 
198549617 
198654438 
198753500 
198856443 
198964741 
199066004 
199154581 
199257107 
199353958 
199456167 
199558438 
199675022 
199768826 
199858189 
199961885 
200055899 
200141881 
200235487 
200338843 
200435146 
200530469 
200630126 
200727715 
200827745 
200920316 
201022540 
201115212 
201243807
2013 5
2014 8
2015 10
2016 12
2017 11
2018 11

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Nitrogen oxides

 
YearCoalCombustion Turbines
19747937 
197512209 
197616193 
197716477 
197815022 
197913765 
198014805 
198113813 
198214571 
198313079 
198413254 
198514305 
198613270 
198713755 
198812654 
198913899 
199015410 
199112944 
199216998 
199315815 
199415375 
199513077 
199612119 
199711197 
199810360 
199911777 
200010761 
200110184 
200210211 
200310621 
200410717 
20059621 
20069690 
20078568 
20088648 
20094845 
20104859 
20113097 
2012794143
2013 102
2014 153
2015 197
2016 208
2017 181
2018 174

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Carbon dioxide

 
YearCoalCombustion Turbines
19955104874 
19965979097 
19975533329 
19985159768 
19995870026 
20005468726 
20015282460 
20025192854 
20035283091 
20045334486 
20055042793 
20065127786 
20074887748 
20084937983 
20093739016 
20104043066 
20112564415 
20126737701469954
2013 936284
2014 1435243
2015 2047356
2016 2312041
2017 2210601
2018 2059402

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Toxics Release Inventory

2015 data

All amounts are in pounds

ChemicalAirWaterLandOff-Site DisposalTotal
Hydrochloric Acid (aerosol)     
Hydrogen Fluoride     
Sulfuric Acid (aerosol)     
Ammonia     
Antimony Compounds     
Arsenic Compounds     
Barium Compounds     
Beryllium Compounds     
Cadmium Compounds     
Chromium Compounds     
Cobalt Compounds     
Copper Compounds     
Lead Compounds     
Manganese Compounds     
Mercury Compounds     
Nickel Compounds     
Selenium Compounds     
Silver Compounds     
Thallium Compounds     
Vanadium Compounds     
Zinc Compounds     
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene     
Naphthalene     
Nitrate Compounds     
Dioxin (grams)     
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds     
Hydrazine     
Total00000
Gross MWh Generated:Generation and releases are shown in Gas Operations 
Pounds Released per MWh:No releases or generation was from coal combustion in CY15