Generation

Transmission

Suppliers

Making Power
EKPC supplies electricity through three coal-fired stations: H.L. Spurlock Station located near Maysville; John Sherman Cooper Station located near Somerset; and William C. Dale Station located near Winchester.

EKPC also generates power using combustion turbines (CTs) at J.K. Smith Station located in Trapp, near Winchester. The CTs, which run on natural gas or fuel oil, operate when peak electric demand is highest (usually the hottest and coldest days of the year). In 2003, EKPC became the first utility in Kentucky to generate its own renewable power when it began operating its first plant fueled by methane gas from landfills. Today, EKPC has six landfill gas plants.

EKPC purchases hydropower through Laurel and Wolf Creek dams and the federal Southeastern Power Administration. Below is a map showing the system's power generation.  The shaded area shows the geographic area served by the member systems.