Nameplate capacity
344 MW
Rank in Kentucky
#16
of 63 plants
In service since
1965
February 1965
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
- County
- Pulaski County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 1.54%
- Rank among coal plants in Kentucky
- #9 of 9
- EIA plant code
- 1384
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 230 MW | 225 MW | 1969 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 114 MW | 116 MW | 1965 | 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
| Bluegrass Generating Station | Natural gas | 581 MW |
| D B Wilson | Coal | 509 MW |
| Big Sandy | Natural gas | 281 MW |
| Wolf Creek | Hydro | 270 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 344 MW solar plant and a 344 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