State

Kentucky

Who serves its customers, 2025

Who serves its customers, 2025
Kind of utility	Customers	Share of customers
Investor owned	1,309,502	54.1%
Cooperative	899,847	37.1%
Public (municipal, state, federal, and districts)	181,473	7.5%
Other	31,381	1.3%

Customers of full-service and energy-only providers, as EIA counts them; delivery-only customers are the same people, so they are not counted twice.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Annual Electric Power Industry Report (Form EIA-861) · data for 2025 · as of Oct 7, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Average price by sector, 2025

Average price by sector, 2025
Sector	Average price (cents per kWh)
Residential	13.13
Commercial	11.75
Industrial	6.78

Revenue from every kind of service over sales counted once, as EIA computes its state averages.

Capacity and generation by fuel

Capacity and generation by fuel
Fuel	Capacity	Net generation in 2025
Natural gas	9,557 MW	19,101,470 MWh
Bituminous coal	8,685.6 MW	40,289,550 MWh
Subbituminous coal	1,575 MW	8,370,768 MWh
Solar	1,139.7 MW	1,623,973 MWh
Hydro	1,099.8 MW	4,441,157 MWh
BLQ	88 MW	255,301 MWh
Landfill gas	18.8 MW	90,943 MWh
Distillate fuel oil	10.6 MW	76,839 MWh
Wood	5 MW	89,913 MWh
RC		0 MWh
TDF		33,493 MWh
WC		0 MWh
Petroleum coke		0 MWh
WO		0 MWh

Balancing authorities serving it: LGEE, MISO, PJM, TVA.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Annual Electric Generator Report (Form EIA-860) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 10, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Power Plant Operations Report (Form EIA-923) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 11, 2026 · retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Interconnection queue, as of the end of 2025

Interconnection queue, as of the end of 2025
Type	Active capacity (MW)	Projects
Solar	8,299	68
Wind	200	1
Storage	1,720	10
Gas	7,612	22
Hybrid	2,355	20
Other	393	5

Requests still active in an interconnection queue at the end of 2025. Most never get built. Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker · Queued Up: Interconnection Queue Data File (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) · data for 2025 · as of May 7, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Utilities

Utilities
Utility	Ownership, as EIA reports it	Customers	Sales (MWh)
Kentucky Utilities Co	Investor Owned	550,613	18,145,444
Louisville Gas & Electric Co	Investor Owned	441,267	11,381,361
Kentucky Power Co	Investor Owned	161,847	5,277,604
Duke Energy Kentucky	Investor Owned	155,775	4,085,158
Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp	Cooperative	77,362	2,361,280
South Kentucky Rural E C C	Cooperative	71,930	1,285,172
Owen Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	67,902	3,031,000
Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp	Cooperative	65,157	1,478,904
Kenergy Corp	Cooperative	60,030	5,493,345
Salt River Electric Coop Corp	Cooperative	57,946	1,344,809
Jackson Energy Coop Corp - (KY)	Cooperative	53,548	999,360
Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop	Cooperative	47,654	1,328,732
Nolin Rural Electric Coop Corp	Cooperative	39,523	765,660
West Kentucky Rural E C C	Cooperative	39,271	933,595
City of Bowling Green - (KY)	Municipal	32,828	863,683
Meade County Rural E C C	Cooperative	31,806	1,170,977
Adjustment 2025		31,381	745,576
Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation	Cooperative	30,807	876,155
Clark Energy Coop Inc - (KY)	Cooperative	28,622	462,068
Inter County Energy Coop Corp - (KY)	Cooperative	28,403	594,310
Taylor County Rural E C C	Cooperative	28,162	570,977
Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp - (KY)	Cooperative	27,225	503,514
City of Owensboro - (KY)	Municipal	26,589	765,517
Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN)	Cooperative	26,555	721,897
Fleming-Mason Energy Coop Inc	Cooperative	26,255	988,038
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.	Cooperative	24,237	516,699
City of Paducah - (KY)	Municipal	22,843	714,239
City of Frankfort - (KY)	Municipal	22,019	667,187
Licking Valley Rural E C C	Cooperative	17,955	324,190
Shelby Energy Coop, Inc - (KY)	Cooperative	17,906	495,901
Grayson Rural Electric Coop Corp	Cooperative	15,639	292,288
City of Hopkinsville	Municipal	12,844	369,484
Big Sandy Rural Elec Coop Corp	Cooperative	12,533	206,468
Henderson City Utility Comm	Municipal	12,183	511,177
Madisonville Municipal Utils	Municipal	8,453	254,285
City of Murray - (KY)	Municipal	7,991	256,689
City of Glasgow - (KY)	Municipal	7,688	220,176
City of Franklin - (KY)	Municipal	5,939	227,455
City of Berea Municipal Utility	Municipal	5,350	126,856
City of Mayfield Plant Board	Municipal	5,210	126,089
City of Russellville - (KY)	Municipal	4,192	110,805
Gibson Electric Members Corp	Cooperative	3,419	81,782
City of Benton - (KY)	Municipal	2,576	70,648
City of Jellico	Municipal	2,116	29,137
City of Fulton - (KY)	Municipal	1,608	52,623
City of Hickman	Municipal	1,028	16,183
Tennessee Valley Authority	Federal	16	4,311,626
Sunnova	Behind the Meter	0	0

A utility with too few reported figures for its own page is listed here with what it reported.

Power plants (64)

Power plants in Kentucky, largest first
Plant	County	Nameplate capacity	Operator
Trimble County	Trimble	2,594.1 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
Ghent	Carroll	2,225.9 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
Paradise	Muhlenberg	1,853.6 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
H L Spurlock	Mason	1,608.5 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
Shawnee	McCracken	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
E W Brown	Mercer	1,457.6 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
Mill Creek (KY)	Jefferson	1,361.7 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
Riverside Generating LLC	Lawrence	1,150 MW	Riverside Generating Co LLC
J K Smith	Clark	938.4 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
Cane Run	Jefferson	807 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
East Bend	Boone	772 MW	Duke Energy Kentucky Inc
Marshall Energy Facility	Marshall	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
R D Green	Webster	586 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
Bluegrass Generating Station	Oldham	581.4 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
D B Wilson	Ohio	509.4 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
Cooper	Pulaski	344 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
Big Sandy	Lawrence	280.5 MW	Kentucky Power Co
Wolf Creek	Russell	270 MW	USCE-Nashville District
Sebree Solar I	Henderson	250 MW	Sebree Solar, LLC
Kentucky Dam	Marshall	218.6 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Paddys Run	Jefferson	210.6 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
Green River Solar	Meade	200 MW	Green River Solar, LLC
SR Russellville	Logan	173 MW	SR Russellville, LLC
Unbridled Solar	Henderson	160 MW	Geronimo Power
Barkley	Lyon	130 MW	USCE-Nashville District
PPS Power Plant No 1	McCracken	120 MW	Paducah Power System
Martin County Solar Project, LLC	Martin	111 MW	Martin County Solar Project, LLC
Ohio Falls	Jefferson	109.6 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
Meldahl Hydroelectric Project	Bracken	105 MW	City of Hamilton - (OH)
Bluebird Solar LLC	Harrison	100 MW	MN8 Energy LLC
Robert A Reid	Webster	98.8 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
Kentucky Mills	Hancock	88 MW	Domtar Paper Company LLC
Cannelton Hydroelectric Plant	Hancock	87.9 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
Smithland Hydroelectric Plant	Livingston	75.9 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
Laurel Dam	Laurel	70 MW	USCE-Nashville District
Glover Creek Solar, LLC	Metcalfe	55 MW	Glover Creek Solar, LLC
SR Turkey Creek, LLC	Garrard	50 MW	SR Turkey Creek, LLC
Haefling	Fayette	41.4 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
Dix Dam	Mercer	28.2 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
Calvert City	Marshall	26.7 MW	DTE Calvert City LLC
Paris (KY)	Bourbon	10.6 MW	City of Paris - (KY)
Cooperative Solar One	Clark	8.5 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
Cox Waste to Energy	Taylor	5 MW	Cox Companies, LLC
Bavarian LFGTE	Boone	4.8 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
SR Warren, LLC	Simpson	3.5 MW	SR Warren, LLC
Pendleton County LFGTE	Pendleton	3.2 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
Crittenden Solar Facility	Grant	2.7 MW	Duke Energy Kentucky Inc
Matilda Hamilton Fee Hydroelectric Stati	Estill	2.5 MW	Lock 12 Hydro Partners, LLC
SR Franklin, LLC	Simpson	2.5 MW	SR Franklin, LLC
Green Valley LFGTE	Greenup	2.4 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
Hardin County LFGTE	Hardin	2.4 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
LGE-KU Solar Share Facility Simpsonville	Shelby	2.1 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
Mother Ann Lee	Mercer	2.1 MW	Lock 7 Hydro Partners LLC
Aero Solar Facility	Boone	2 MW	Duke Energy Kentucky Inc
Green City Recovery, LLC	Scott	2 MW	Green City Recovery, LLC
Walton 1 Solar Facility	Kenton	2 MW	Duke Energy Kentucky Inc
Walton 2 Solar Facility	Kenton	2 MW	Duke Energy Kentucky Inc
Blue Ridge Generating	Estill	1.6 MW	North American Biofuels, LLC
Morehead Generating Facility	Rowan	1.4 MW	North American Biofuels, LLC
RA Jones Roof Mounted Solar System	Kenton	1.3 MW	RA Jones
L'Oreal Solar - Florence	Boone	1.1 MW	L'Oreal USA Products Inc
Glasgow LFGTE	Barren	1 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
Ashwood Solar I	Lyon	0 MW	RWE Clean Energy
Sebree Solar II	Henderson	0 MW	Sebree Solar, LLC

Customer-owned generation (net metering)

Net-metered capacity in Kentucky by technology, MW, with installations and energy sold back to the grid
Year	Photovoltaic (MW)	Battery or storage (MW)	Wind (MW)	Other (MW)	All technologies (MW)	Installations	Energy sold back (MWh)
2021	38.1	1.1	0.0	0.0	38.2	4,165	4,060
2022	58.4	2.3	0.1	0.0	58.5	6,821	5,942
2023	77.4	2.9	0.0	0.1	77.6	9,253	20,147
2024	90.6	3.5	0.0	0.1	90.8	10,726	32,672
2025	101.1	5.9	0.0	0.1	101.3	11,724	36,626

Before 2023, EIA reported storage paired with photovoltaic inside the photovoltaic group; from 2023, batteries are their own group, paired with photovoltaic or not. Neither is added into photovoltaic here.

Net metering by sector, 2025
Sector	All technologies (MW)	Installations	Energy sold back (MWh)
Residential	86.0	11,061	31,683
Commercial	15.0	652	4,809
Industrial	0.3	11	135

Distributed generation that is not net metered

A different arrangement: customer-sited or utility-owned generation that is paid or credited some other way, or not at all. EIA reports it separately, and it is not added to the net metering figures.

Distributed capacity in Kentucky that is not net metered, MW
Year	Photovoltaic	Internal Combustion	Storage	Hydroelectric	Other	Battery	All technologies (MW)
2021	19.4	8.0	0.0	2.5	2.0		31.9
2022	12.9	8.0	0.2	2.5	1.0		24.6
2023	16.1	8.0		2.5	1.0	0.2	27.8
2024	19.7	8.0		2.5	1.0	0.3	31.6
2025	24.6	8.0		2.5	1.2	0.3	36.6

We do not restate net metering rules, which change. The rules are with Kentucky Public Service Commission · the DSIRE policy database (NC Clean Energy Technology Center)

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Net metering and other distributed generation (Form EIA-861), 2021 to 2025 · data for 2025 · as of Oct 7, 2026 · retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Community solar

Kentucky has 5 community solar projects serving customers, 12.9 MW-AC in all, in the National Laboratory of the Rockies' list as of September 2026.

Community solar serving customers in Kentucky by who markets the subscriptions, September 2026
Subscriptions marketed by	Projects	Capacity (MW-AC)
Utility	5	12.9

These counts and capacities are our own sums of the laboratory's project list; its license keeps us from publishing a copy of the list itself. About the dataset

Data: Kannan, S., Frey, N., Jayswal, R., Chan, G., and Simmons, I., Sharing the Sun: Community Solar Project Data (September 2026), National Laboratory of the Rockies, doi:10.7799/2438583. Credit: DOE/NLR/Alliance for Energy Innovation.