Meldahl Hydroelectric Project
Hydro power plant · Bracken County, Kentucky
Nameplate capacity
105 MW
Rank in Kentucky
#29
of 63 plants
In service since
2016
January 2016
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- City of Hamilton - (OH)
- County
- Bracken County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.47%
- Rank among hydro plants in Kentucky
- #5 of 11
- EIA plant code
- 56872
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 35 MW | 35 MW | 2016 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 35 MW | 35 MW | 2016 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 35 MW | 35 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
| Martin County Solar Project, LLC | Solar | 111 MW |
| Ohio Falls | Hydro | 110 MW |
| Bluebird Solar LLC | Solar | 100 MW |
| Robert A Reid | Natural gas | 99 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 105 MW solar plant and a 105 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