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Coal Power Plants in Kentucky

Kentucky has 19 coal power plants in the Bywatts database, 6 of them retired and one partly retired with no operable coal units according to EIA-860. Together they total 19.7 GW of nameplate capacity, 16.6 GW of it at operating plants. The largest operating plant is TRIMBLE COUNTY (2,594 MW), operated by LOUISVILLE GAS & ELECTRIC CO.

19Plants
19.7 GWCombined capacity

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All 19 coal plants in Kentucky

PlantCapacity (MW)OperatorCommissioned
TRIMBLE COUNTY2,594LOUISVILLE GAS & ELECTRIC CO1990
PARADISE2,558TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY2017
GHENT2,226KENTUCKY UTILITIES CO1974
SHAWNEE1,750TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY1953
E W BROWN1,738KENTUCKY UTILITIES CO1971
MILL CREEK1,717LOUISVILLE GAS & ELECTRIC CO1974
H L SPURLOCK1,609EAST KENTUCKY POWER COOP, INC1977
BIG SANDY Partly retired1,097KENTUCKY POWER CO1963
EAST BEND669DUKE ENERGY KENTUCKY INC1981
CANE RUN661LOUISVILLE GAS & ELECTRIC CO2015
KENNETH C COLEMAN Retired 2020602BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP·
D B WILSON566BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP1984
ELMER SMITH Retired 2020445CITY OF OWENSBORO - (KY)·
HMP&L STATION TWO HENDERSON Retired 2019405BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP·
COOPER344EAST KENTUCKY POWER COOP, INC1965
DALE Retired 2016216EAST KENTUCKY POWER COOP, INC·
ROBERT A REID195BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP1976
GREEN RIVER Retired 2015189KENTUCKY UTILITIES CO·
TYRONE Retired 201375KENTUCKY UTILITIES CO·