Kentucky PSC Votes to Retire 2 Coal Plants, Replace w/Gas-Fired

Last December, PPL Corporation subsidiaries Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) announced a plan to replace 1,500 megawatts of aging coal-fired generation (nearly one-third of Kentucky’s coal fleet!) with two 621-megawatt (MW) natural gas combined-cycle units along with several unreliable, intermittent solar projects (see PPL Replacing Coal-Fired Power Plants with NatGas in Louisville, KY). The state Public Service Commission (PSC) issued its decision on the request Monday. LG&E/KU got some, but nowhere near all of what they requested.

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