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Ohio Falls

Hydro power plant · Jefferson County, Kentucky

Nameplate capacity
110 MW
Rank in Kentucky
#28
of 63 plants
In service since
1928
January 1928

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Louisville Gas & Electric Co
County
Jefferson County
Generating units
8
Share of state capacity
0.49%
Rank among hydro plants in Kentucky
#4 of 11
EIA plant code
1365

Generating units

Individual generating units at Ohio Falls
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric14 MW13 MW1928Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric14 MW13 MW1928Operating
3Conventional Hydroelectric14 MW13 MW1928Operating
4Conventional Hydroelectric14 MW13 MW1928Operating
5Conventional Hydroelectric14 MW13 MW1928Operating
6Conventional Hydroelectric14 MW13 MW1928Operating
7Conventional Hydroelectric14 MW13 MW1928Operating
8Conventional Hydroelectric14 MW13 MW1928Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 110 MW solar plant and a 110 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