Bluegrass Generating Station
Natural gas power plant · Oldham County, Kentucky
Nameplate capacity
581 MW
Rank in Kentucky
#14
of 63 plants
In service since
2002
June 2002
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
- County
- Oldham County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 2.61%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kentucky
- #7 of 13
- EIA plant code
- 55164
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 194 MW | 165 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 194 MW | 165 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| CT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 194 MW | 165 MW | 2002 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Kentucky
| Marshall Energy Facility | Natural gas | 688 MW |
| R D Green | Natural gas | 586 MW |
| D B Wilson | Coal | 509 MW |
| Cooper | Coal | 344 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 581 MW solar plant and a 581 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Kentucky power plants · What Kentucky actually generates