Nameplate capacity
509 MW
Rank in Kentucky
#15
of 63 plants
In service since
1984
September 1984
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Big Rivers Electric Corp
- County
- Ohio County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 2.29%
- Rank among coal plants in Kentucky
- #8 of 9
- EIA plant code
- 6823
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 509 MW | 417 MW | 1984 | 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
| R D Green | Natural gas | 586 MW |
| Bluegrass Generating Station | Natural gas | 581 MW |
| Cooper | Coal | 344 MW |
| Big Sandy | Natural gas | 281 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 509 MW solar plant and a 509 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