Nameplate capacity
1,575 MW
Rank in Kentucky
#5
of 63 plants
In service since
1953
April 1953
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- County
- McCracken County
- Generating units
- 9
- Share of state capacity
- 7.07%
- Rank among coal plants in Kentucky
- #4 of 9
- EIA plant code
- 1379
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 175 MW | 134 MW | 1953 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 175 MW | 134 MW | 1953 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Steam Coal | 175 MW | 134 MW | 1953 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Steam Coal | 175 MW | 134 MW | 1954 | Operating |
| 5 | Conventional Steam Coal | 175 MW | 134 MW | 1954 | Operating |
| 6 | Conventional Steam Coal | 175 MW | 134 MW | 1954 | Operating |
| 7 | Conventional Steam Coal | 175 MW | 134 MW | 1954 | Operating |
| 8 | Conventional Steam Coal | 175 MW | 134 MW | 1955 | Operating |
| 9 | Conventional Steam Coal | 175 MW | 134 MW | 1955 | 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
| Paradise | Natural gas | 1,854 MW |
| H L Spurlock | Coal | 1,609 MW |
| E W Brown | Coal | 1,458 MW |
| Mill Creek (KY) | Coal | 1,362 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 1,575 MW solar plant and a 1,575 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