This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Kentucky, sorted by type and name. In 2024, Kentucky had a total summer capacity of 18.4 GW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 66,951 GWh. In 2025, the electrical energy generation mix was 66% coal, 25.9% natural gas, 5.3% hydroelectric, 2.1% solar, 0.6% biomass, 0.1% petroleum, and less than 0.1% other.

Fossil-fuel power stations Lists include data from U.S. Energy Information Administration

Coal Name Location Fuel Capacity [MW] Yearopened Status Ref D B Wilson Station Ohio County Coal 417 1984 Operational E.W. Brown Generating Station Harrodsburg Coal 464 1971 Operational East Bend Generating Station Rabbit Hash Coal 648 1981 Operational Elmer Smith Power Plant Owensboro Coal 425 1964/1974 Closed in 2020 Ghent Generating Station Ghent Coal 1,932 1974/1977/1981/1984 Operational Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station Maysville Bituminous coal 1,371 1977/1981/2005/2009 Operational John Sherman Cooper Power Station Somerset Bituminous coal 341 1965/1969 Operational Kenneth C Coleman Hancock County Coal 443 1969/1970/1971 Operational Mill Creek Generating Station Louisville Bituminous coal 1,465 1972/1974/1978/1982 Operational Paradise Fossil Plant Muhlenberg County Coal 971 1970 Converted to natural gas R D Green Webster County Coal 454 1979/1981 Operational,planned conversion to natural gas by June 2022 Robert Reid Power Station Webster County Bituminous coal 96 1966 Operational Shawnee Fossil Plant Paducah Coal 1,750 1953/1954/1955 Operational Trimble County Generating Station Bedford Coal 1,274 1990/2011 Operational Tyrone Generating Station Versailles Bituminous coal 135 1947 Retired & demolished William C. Dale Power Station Winchester Bituminous coal 196 1954 Demolished Spurlock Station also supplements coal with up to 10% by-weight tire-derived fuel.

Natural gas

Name Location Fuel Capacity [MW] Yearopened Status RefBig Sandy Power Plant Louisa Natural gas 300 1963 Operational Bluegrass Generating Station Oldham County Natural gas 501 2002 Operational Cane Run Generating Station Louisville Natural gas 640 2015 Operational E W Brown Mercer County Natural gas 980 1994-2001 Operational J K Smith Clark County Natural gas 1055 1991-2010 Operational Marshall Energy Facility Marshall County Natural gas 581 2002 Operational Paddy's Run Jefferson County Natural gas 182 1968/2001 Operational Paradise Combined Cycle Plant Drakesboro Natural gas 1,100 2017 Operational PPS Power Plant McCracken County Natural gas 110 2010 Operational Riverside Generating Lawrence County Natural gas 805 2001/2002 Operational Trimble County Trimble County Natural gas 954 2002/2004 Operational

Petroleum Name Location Fuel Capacity [MW] Yearopened Status RefParis Bourbon County Petroleum 11.9 1934-1974 Operational

Renewable power stations Lists include data from U.S. Energy Information Administration

Biomass Name Location Fuel Capacity [MW] Yearopened Status RefBavarian LFGTE Boone County Landfill gas 4.7 2003/2016 Operational Blue Ridge Generating Estill County Landfill gas 1.2 2013 Operational Cox Waste to Energy Taylor County Wood/wood waste 3.3 1995/2002 Operational Glasgow LFGTE Barren County Landfill gas 1.0 2015 Operational Green City Recovery Scott County Landfill gas 2.0 2016/2019 Operational Green Valley LFGTE Greenup County Landfill gas 2.4 2003 Operational Hardin County LFGTE Hardin County Landfill gas 2.4 2006 Operational Kentucky Mills Hancock County Wood/wood waste 49.0 2001 Operational Laurel Ridge LFGTE Laurel County Landfill gas 4.0 2003/2006 Operational Morehead Generating Facility Rowan County Landfill gas 1.4 2019 Operational Pendleton County LFGTE Pendleton County Landfill gas 3.2 2007 Operational

Hydroelectric

Name Location Fuel Capacity [MW] Yearopened Status RefBarkley Hydro Lyon County Hydroelectric 148.0 1966 Operational Cannelton Hydro Hancock County Hydroelectric 87.9 2016 Operational Dix Dam Mercer County Hydroelectric 31.5 1925 Operational Kentucky Dam Marshall County Hydroelectric 222.5 1944/1945/1948 Operational Laurel Dam Laurel County Hydroelectric 61.0 1977 Operational Meldahl Hydroelectric FacilityFoster Hydroelectric 105 2016 Operational Mother Ann Lee Mercer County Hydroelectric 2.1 2007/2008 Operational Ohio Falls Station Louisville Hydroelectric 80 1928 Operational Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Lyon County Hydroelectric 75.9 2017 Operational Wolf Creek Russell County Hydroelectric 312 1951/1952 Operational

Solar

Name Location Fuel Capacity [MW] Yearopened Status RefCooperative Solar One Clark County Photovoltaic 8.5 2017 Operational Crittenden Solar Facility Grant County Photovoltaic 2.7 2017 Operational E W Brown Mercer County Photovoltaic 10.0 2016 Operational L'Oreal Solar - Florence Boone County Photovoltaic 0.9 2017 Operational Walton Solar Facility (I&II) Kenton County Photovoltaic 2.0 2017 Operational

Wind

Kentucky had no utility-scale wind farms in 2019.

See also

List of power stations in the United States List of power stations operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority

Notes E.W. Brown also uses hydroelectric, natural gas, and solar energy.

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