# Big Sandy

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/big-sandy

Kentucky Power Company - Lawrence County - PJM

Big Sandy is a single-generator natural-gas steam-turbine facility located at 23000 Highway 23, Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky. Unit 1 was originally a 278 MW coal-fired steam unit completed in 1963; it was converted to natural gas in 2016 and currently has 280.5 MW of nameplate capacity. The plant is owned and operated by Kentucky Power Company and supplies electricity through the PJM Interconnection at 345 kV. The facility is regulated by the Kentucky Public Service Commission and reports to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 280.5 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 1353 — plant-1353

## Facts

- **Technology:** Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- **Operator:** Kentucky Power Company

## Related parties

- **Parent company:** American Electric Power — parent company ([source](https://www.aep.com/))
- **Regulator:** Kentucky Public Service Commission — state utility regulator ([source](https://psc.ky.gov/))
- **Regulator:** U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — environmental reporting regulator ([source](https://www.epa.gov/))

## Sources

- [kentuckypower.com](http://kentuckypower.com/company/about) — kentuckypower.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [pjm.com](http://pjm.com/-/media/DotCom/markets-ops/rpm/rpm-auction-info/2028-2029/2028-2029-frr-resource-list.pdf) — pjm.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [ghgdata.epa.gov](https://ghgdata.epa.gov/ghgp/xml/2023.do?id=1001587&et=undefined) — ghgdata.epa.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [psc.ky.gov](https://psc.ky.gov/PSCSCF/Post%20Case%20Referenced%20Correspondence/2013%20cases/2013-00430/20161229_Kentucky%20Power%20Co.%20Supplemental%20Report%20of%20Construction%20Costs.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [psc.ky.gov](https://psc.ky.gov/case/viewcasefilings/2013-00430) — psc.ky.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [psc.ky.gov](https://psc.ky.gov/pscecf/2015-00152/jkrosquist%40aep.com/06152015034341/KPCO_App_061515.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/big-sandy
Website: [Kentucky Power Company](https://www.kentuckypower.com/)

Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/