Power Plants Near 42634 — Parkers Lake, KY

8 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42634 (Parkers Lake, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.8347, -84.4436 · County: Mccreary

Hydroelectric 56%Coal 41%Wind 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.0 mi	Laurel Dam London, KY	Hydroelectric	70 MW	Usce-Nashville District
13.9 mi	Cooper Somerset, KY	Coal	344 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
23.8 mi	Laurel Ridge Lfgte Lily, KY	Biomass	4 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
37.8 mi	Pineville Four Mile, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
39.0 mi	Wolf Creek Jamestown, KY	Hydroelectric	270 MW	Usce-Nashville District
46.5 mi	Norris Dam Norris, TN	Hydroelectric	131 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.2 mi	Buffalo Mountain Energy Center Oliver Springs, TN	Wind	27 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
49.7 mi	Buffalo Mountain Oliver Springs, TN	Wind	2 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 8 power plants within 50 miles of Parkers Lake, Kentucky (ZIP 42634), with a combined 848 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 8 nearby plants. The closest plant is Laurel Dam at 13.0 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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