PPL Adds Another 645-MW Gas Plant in Kentucky for Data Centers

PPL Corporation, the Allentown, PA-based utility, has another natural gas-fired power plant planned for Kentucky. On its third-quarter earnings call last Friday (Nov. 6), PPL raised its four-year capital plan to $25 billion. That's $2 billion more than the old plan, and most of the increase is for a new 645-megawatt (MW) combined-cycle gas plant to be built by its Kentucky subsidiaries, Louisville Gas and Electric (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities (KU). The new unit, which still needs state approval, would start running in the second quarter of 2032. It would be the fourth new gas-fired combined-cycle plant LG&E and KU have planned since 2022. CEO Vince Sorgi made it clear he doesn't expect it to be the last one.

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