How we make power

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

EKPC also makes 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 during the hottest and coldest months 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 in operation.

EKPC obtains about 170 megawatts of hydropower through arrangements with 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.

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EAST KENTUCKY POWER GENERATION

1 SPURLOCK	1,346 net MW
2 DALE	195 net MW
3 SMITH COMBUSTION TURBINE UNITS
Smith Unit #1 Updates	786 net MW SUMMER
Smith Unit #1 Updates	1,016 net MW WINTER
4 COOPER	341 net MW
5 Bavarian	3.0 net MW
6 Laurel Ridge	3.8 net MW
7 Green Valley	2.3 net MW
8 Pearl Hollow	2.3 net MW
9 Pendleton	3.0 net MW
10 Mason	1.5 net MW
SEPA Hydroelectric Power	170 MW

The energy from these facilities primarily comes from coal, which is the most affordable electric fuel in Kentucky. More than 90 percent of Kentucky's electric energy comes from coal. In fact, the abundance of coal is the main reason Kentucky has one of the lowest average electric rates in the nation.

EAST KENTUCKY POWER GENERATION PROJECTS
Click here for a chart of generation projects and their status