Power Plants Near 42457 — Smith Mills, KY

32 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42457 (Smith Mills, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.8323, -87.7889 · County: Henderson

Coal 87%Natural Gas 7%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.5 mi	A B Brown Mount Vernon, IN	Coal	707 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
7.3 mi	Posey Solar Mount Vernon, IN	Solar	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
9.2 mi	Sabic Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IN	Natural Gas	108 MW	Sabic Ip Mt. Vernon, Llc
13.8 mi	Broadway (In) Evansville, IN	Natural Gas	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
16.3 mi	Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY	Solar	—	Sebree Solar, Llc
16.3 mi	Okolona Solar Robards, MS	Solar	—	Okolona Solar, Llc
17.8 mi	Oak Hill Solar Array Evansville, IN	Solar	2 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
18.0 mi	Unbridled Solar Robards, KY	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
19.7 mi	Northeast (In) Evansville, IN	Natural Gas	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
20.2 mi	Hmp&l Station Two Henderson Robards, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
20.3 mi	Robert A Reid Robards, KY	Other Fossil	99 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
20.4 mi	R D Green Robards, KY	Natural Gas	586 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
21.3 mi	Patoka Solar Poseyville, IN	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
25.5 mi	Volkman Road Solar Array Hybrid Evansville, IN	Solar	3 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
25.5 mi	Warrick Newburgh, IN	Coal	823 MW	Agc Division Of Apgi Inc
25.7 mi	F B Culley Newburgh, IN	Coal	369 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
27.3 mi	Rustic Hills Solar Ii Llc Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
27.4 mi	Carmi Carmi, IL	Oil	13 MW	City Of Carmi - (Il)
27.9 mi	Rustic Hills Solar I Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
30.2 mi	Meadow Springs Renewable Energy (Hybrid) Norris City, IL	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
31.4 mi	Big River Solar Norris City, IL	Solar	149 MW	Big River Solar, Llc
31.8 mi	Boomtown Renewable Energy Center Carmi, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
36.1 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
36.4 mi	Gibson Solar Princeton, IN	Solar	—	Gibson Solar, Llc
37.3 mi	Gibson Owensville, IN	Coal	3,340 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
37.7 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
38.8 mi	Elliot Solar Llc Francisco, IN	Solar	—	Elliot Solar Llc
41.5 mi	Rockport Rockport, IN	Coal	2,600 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
44.8 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)
46.8 mi	Veolia Es Blackfoot Landfill Facility Winslow, IN	Biomass	3 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
46.9 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
48.8 mi	Green River Central City, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co

Power generation near this area

There are 32 power plants within 50 miles of Smith Mills, Kentucky (ZIP 42457), with a combined 9,620 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 32 nearby plants. The closest plant is A B Brown at 6.5 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Kentucky, visit the Kentucky state page.

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