Power plants operated by East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc operates 10 power plants in the 2025 EIA-860 data, with 3,495 MW of nameplate capacity, the 74th-largest fleet among the 5,826 operators on file. All of them are in Kentucky. Coal is 56% of the capacity; the largest site is H L Spurlock. Its oldest working unit dates from 1965, at Cooper.
- Coal1,952 MW56%
- Natural gas1,520 MW43%
- Biomass and waste13.8 MW0.4%
- Solar8.5 MW0.2%
Capacity by decade it came online
CoalNatural gasSolarBiomass and waste
Above the line: capacity operating in 2025. Below: capacity retired at these plants.
Plants
| Plant | State | Runs on | Capacity | First unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H L Spurlock | Kentucky | Coal | 1,608 MW | 1977 |
| J K Smith | Kentucky | Natural gas | 938 MW | 1999 |
| Bluegrass Generating Station | Kentucky | Natural gas | 581 MW | 2002 |
| Cooper | Kentucky | Coal | 344 MW | 1965 |
| Cooperative Solar One | Kentucky | Solar | 8.5 MW | 2017 |
| Bavarian LFGTE | Kentucky | Biomass and waste | 4.8 MW | 2003 |
| Pendleton County LFGTE | Kentucky | Biomass and waste | 3.2 MW | 2007 |
| Green Valley LFGTE | Kentucky | Biomass and waste | 2.4 MW | 2003 |
| Hardin County LFGTE | Kentucky | Biomass and waste | 2.4 MW | 2006 |
| Glasgow LFGTE | Kentucky | Biomass and waste | 1 MW | 2015 |