PPS Power Plant No 1
Natural gas power plant · McCracken County, Kentucky
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Paducah Power System
- County
- McCracken County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.54%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kentucky
- #11 of 14
- EIA plant code
- 56556
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 60 MW | 55 MW | 2010 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 60 MW | 55 MW | 2010 | 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
| Sebree Solar II | Solar | 150 MW |
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| Martin County Solar Project, LLC | Solar | 111 MW |
| Ohio Falls | Hydro | 110 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 120 MW solar plant and a 120 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