Nameplate capacity
2,226 MW
Rank in Kentucky
#2
of 63 plants
In service since
1974
February 1974
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Kentucky Utilities Co
- County
- Carroll County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 10.00%
- Rank among coal plants in Kentucky
- #2 of 9
- EIA plant code
- 1356
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 557 MW | 475 MW | 1974 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Steam Coal | 557 MW | 481 MW | 1981 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 556 MW | 485 MW | 1977 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Steam Coal | 556 MW | 478 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
| Trimble County | Coal | 2,594 MW |
| Paradise | Natural gas | 1,854 MW |
| H L Spurlock | Coal | 1,609 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 2,226 MW solar plant and a 2,226 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