R D Green
Natural gas power plant · Webster County, Kentucky
Nameplate capacity
586 MW
Rank in Kentucky
#13
of 63 plants
In service since
1979
December 1979
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Big Rivers Electric Corp
- County
- Webster County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 2.63%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kentucky
- #6 of 13
- EIA plant code
- 6639
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 293 MW | 231 MW | 1979 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 293 MW | 223 MW | 1981 | 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
| East Bend | Coal | 772 MW |
| Marshall Energy Facility | Natural gas | 688 MW |
| Bluegrass Generating Station | Natural gas | 581 MW |
| D B Wilson | Coal | 509 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 586 MW solar plant and a 586 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