🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Kentucky

Kentucky operates 17 natural gas power plants totaling 7,443 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 14.4M MWh.

Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.

All Kentucky natural gas plants

Plant	City	County	Capacity	Operator
Paradise	Drakesboro	Muhlenberg County	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Riverside Generating Llc	Catlettsburg	Lawrence County	1,150 MW	Riverside Generating Co Llc
J K Smith	Winchester	Clark County	1,055 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
Cane Run	Louisville	Jefferson County	807 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
Marshall Energy Facility	Calvert City	Marshall County	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Bluegrass Generating Station	Lagrange	Oldham County	624 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
R D Green	Robards	Webster County	586 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
Big Sandy	Louisa	Lawrence County	281 MW	Kentucky Power Co
Paddys Run	Louisville	Jefferson County	211 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
Pps Power Plant No 1	Paducah	Mccracken County	120 MW	Paducah Power System
Haefling	Lexington	Fayette County	41 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
Calvert City	Calvert City	Marshall County	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
Waterside Gt	Louisville	Jefferson County	—	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
Zorn	Louisville	Jefferson County	—	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
Unknown			—	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
Mason County Lfgte	Maysville	Mason County	—	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
Kymea Energy Center I	Madisonville	Hopkins County	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency

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