How big is Bluegrass Generating Station?

Bluegrass Generating Station has a reported capacity of 581.4 MW. Source: EIA Form 860.

What kind of plant is Bluegrass Generating Station?

Bluegrass Generating Station is a Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine facility in Oldham County, KY, participating in the PJM market.

Where is Bluegrass Generating Station located?

Bluegrass Generating Station is in Oldham County, KY, inside the PJM balancing area.

Who operates Bluegrass Generating Station?

Bluegrass Generating Station is operated by East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Bluegrass Generating Station generate?

Bluegrass Generating Station reported 112.5 GWh over the twelve months to 2024-12. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

How does Bluegrass Generating Station compare to other plants?

By capacity, Bluegrass Generating Station ranks #69 of 825 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #6 of 12 in KY.

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Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbinePJM · Oldham County

Bluegrass Generating Station

Oldham County · PJM

Bluegrass Generating Station is a natural gas-fired power facility with 581.4 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in Oldham County, Kentucky, registered as EIA Plant ID 55164. At 581.4 MW of nameplate capacity, Bluegrass Generating Station is ranked seventh-largest in Kentucky and 371st nationally in the cited plant dataset. It is a PJM-located peaking facility consisting of three natural-gas simple-cycle combustion turbines.

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Overview

Key fields

Reported capacity: 581.4 MW
EIA-reported nameplate capacity; other nameplate and seasonal ratings may differ.
Registry anchor: Plant 55164
Oldham County · PJM
Operating status: Operating
Bluegrass Generating Station is operating.

Infrastructure record

Operator: East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc

Profile

Grid role: Peaking generation resource in EKPC's PJM portfolio
Context: At 581.4 MW of nameplate capacity, Bluegrass Generating Station is ranked seventh-largest in Kentucky and 371st nationally in the cited plant dataset. It is a PJM-located peaking facility consisting of three natural-gas simple-cycle combustion turbines.
Physical build: Operating natural-gas-fired simple-cycle combustion-turbine plant in LaGrange, Kentucky, with three operating generating units. Siemens supplied three SGT6-5000F gas turbines, each rated at 208 MW; the EIA plant record reports 581.4 MW of total nameplate capacity.

Structured profile

Reported capacity: 581.4 MW
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operating status: operating
Bluegrass Generating Station is operating.
Location: Oldham County
PJM
Asset role: natural gas
PJM · Oldham County

Units and generators

Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
CT1	193.8 MW 165 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT	Jun 2002	Operating
CT2	193.8 MW 165 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT	Jun 2002	Operating
CT3	193.8 MW 165 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT	Jun 2002	Operating

Performance

Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.

Peer context

Technology capacity: 581.4 MW
National rank: #69
KY rank: #6

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

112.5 GWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Dec 2024

EIA-923 monthly filing

2024 capacity factor

2.2%

Grid and market context

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HIFLD infrastructure inventory

UNKNOWN125223

IN SERVICE · 345 kV

0.2 km

TAP160458

Commercial, land, and environmental record

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Transactions and agreements

Asset Purchase Agreement

Jun 26, 2015

EKPC entered into Asset Purchase Agreement with Bluegrass Generation Company, LLC on June 26, 2015, to purchase substantially all assets and assume certain specified liabilities. Total consideration $128.75 million. Kentucky Public Service Commission approved the acquisition. Financial close occurred December 29, 2015.

$128.8MEast Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. · Bluegrass Generation Company, LLC

Land and environmental record

Air Permit

Jan 3, 2023

Permit No. Title V operating permit V-21-048, issued January 3, 2023, expires January 3, 2028

Kentucky Division for Air Quality issued Title V renewal permit V-21-048 to EKPC Bluegrass Generating Station. Agency Interest 39541, activity APE20210001, source ID 21-185-00036.

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Wastewater Permit

Dec 29, 2015

KPDES permit KY0109363

Kentucky environmental agency record identifies KY0109363 as KPDES number for EKPC Bluegrass Generating Station. Industrial-new approval issued April 18, 2012. Current EKPC identifier effective December 29, 2015; prior Bluegrass Generation Company LLC record ended that date.

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Timeline and sources

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Project timeline

Jun 2002
Jun 2002
Generators enter operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator CT1, generator CT2, generator CT3 with this operating date.
Jul 2015
Jul 2015
Agreement to sell to EKPC

Reporting portfolio

EIA reporting entity

East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc

Entity 5580

Operating portfolio

10 plants

1 states

Reported capacity

3,494.6 MW

Conventional Steam Coal · Landfill Gas · Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine

Largest reported plants in this portfolio
Largest reported plants	Capacity	State
H L Spurlock	1,608.5 MW	KY
J K Smith	938.4 MW	KY
Bluegrass Generating StationCurrent	581.4 MW	KY
Cooper	344 MW	KY
Cooperative Solar One	8.5 MW	KY
Bavarian LFGTE	4.8 MW	KY
Pendleton County LFGTE	3.2 MW	KY
Hardin County LFGTE	2.4 MW	KY

Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.

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