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E W Brown

Coal power plant · Mercer County, Kentucky

Nameplate capacity

1,458 MW

Rank in Kentucky

of 63 plants

In service since

1971

July 1971

Details

Primary fuel: Coal
Technology: Conventional Steam Coal
Operator: Kentucky Utilities Co
County: Mercer County
Generating units: 9
Share of state capacity: 6.55%
Rank among coal plants in Kentucky: #5 of 9
EIA plant code: 1355

Generating units

Individual generating units at E W Brown
Unit	Technology	Nameplate	Summer	Online	Status
3	Conventional Steam Coal	464 MW	412 MW	1971	Operating
6	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	177 MW	146 MW	1999	Operating
7	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	177 MW	146 MW	1999	Operating
10	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	126 MW	121 MW	1995	Operating
11	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	126 MW	121 MW	1996	Operating
8	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	126 MW	121 MW	1995	Operating
9	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	126 MW	121 MW	1994	Operating
5	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	123 MW	130 MW	2001	Operating
SOLAR	Solar Photovoltaic	13 MW	10 MW	2016	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

H L Spurlock	Coal	1,609 MW
Shawnee	Coal	1,575 MW
Mill Creek (KY)	Coal	1,362 MW
Riverside Generating LLC	Natural gas	1,150 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 1,458 MW solar plant and a 1,458 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