Robert A Reid
Natural gas power plant · Webster County, Kentucky
Nameplate capacity
99 MW
Rank in Kentucky
#31
of 63 plants
In service since
1976
March 1976
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Big Rivers Electric Corp
- County
- Webster County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.44%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kentucky
- #11 of 13
- EIA plant code
- 1383
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 99 MW | 58 MW | 1976 | Operating |
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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| Meldahl Hydroelectric Project | Hydro | 105 MW |
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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 99 MW solar plant and a 99 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