Nameplate capacity
28 MW
Rank in Kentucky
#40
of 63 plants
In service since
2025
November 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Kentucky Utilities Co
- County
- Mercer County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.13%
- Rank among hydro plants in Kentucky
- #9 of 11
- EIA plant code
- 1354
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9.4 MW | 11 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9.4 MW | 11 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9.4 MW | 11 MW | 2025 | 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
| SR Turkey Creek, LLC | Solar | 50 MW |
| Haefling | Natural gas | 41 MW |
| Calvert City | Natural gas | 27 MW |
| Paris (KY) | Other | 11 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 28 MW solar plant and a 28 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