LG&E and KU Still Trying to Build 2nd Gas-Fired Power Plant

In December 2022, Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU), both subsidiaries of PPL Corporation, announced a plan to replace 1,500 megawatts of aging coal-fired generation (nearly one-third of Kentucky’s coal fleet) with two 645-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 Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) issued its decision on the request in November 2023 (see Kentucky PSC Votes to Retire 2 Coal Plants, Replace w/Gas-Fired). LG&E/KU got some, but nowhere near all of what they requested. It appears that LG&E/KU is making a new attempt at convincing the PSC to reconsider those parts of the plan it denied in 2023---namely, permission to build a second gas-fired power plant, permission to build a selective catalytic reduction facility to lower NOx emissions, and extending the life of a currently-operating coal-fired plant.

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