Project Traits
State: Kentucky
Congressional District: KY06
Organization Type: Utility
Partner Organization(s) Type: None or Unknown
Energy Sector: Clean Power,
Energy Subsector: Solar,
Project Start Year: Unknown
Project Launch Year: Unknown
Government Support Received: Unknown
Outcomes & Impacts
Private Investment: $2,000,000,000
Jobs Announced or Created: Unknown
Projected Economic Impact: Unknown
In late December, the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) granted EKPC Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCNs) for the construction of two solar power facilities. EKPC would construct a 96 MW facility in Marion County (Northern Bobwhite Solar Project), north of Lebanon, Kentucky; and a 40 MW facility in Fayette County, Kentucky (Bluegrass Plains Solar Project).
EKPC also plans to invest more than $2 billion in order to build around 2,000 MW of new generation, and to convert around 1,700 MW of existing coal-based units to co-fire with natural gas, according to the The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA).
The cooperative has filed with with Kentucky PSC to approve several projects meant to come online before 2030, including:A $500 million, 214-MW, 12-unit gas power plant (Liberty Station); A $1.32 billion, 745-MW gas unit at EKPC’s existing 341-MW Cooper Station; A $74 million retrofit of the 225-MW Cooper Unit 2 to generate power from coal or gas; A $187 million retrofit of the 1,340-MW, four-unit Spurlock Station to generate power from coal or gas.