# Bluegrass Generating Station

PJM Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/bluegrass-generating-station

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.

## Key facts

- Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Power capacity: 581.4000000000001 MW
- Operating status: operating

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM)

## Source-backed facts

- Owner logo domain: ekpc.coop — East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc · confidence: medium
- Official project url: https://www.ekpc.coop/generation-making-power — Generation: Making Power | East Kentucky Power Cooperative · confidence: medium
- Owner name: East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. — LS Power Completes Sale of Bluegrass Generation facility to East Kentucky Power Cooperative - LS Power · confidence: medium
- Description: Bluegrass Generating Station is an operating natural-gas-fired simple-cycle combustion-turbine plant in LaGrange, Oldham County, Kentucky. The plant has three operating generating units and 581.4 MW of total nameplate capacity; its first unit entered service in June 2002. East Kentucky Power Cooperative operates the station, which is located in the PJM Interconnection. — I · confidence: medium
- Description: Bluegrass Generating Station is an operating natural-gas-fired simple-cycle combustion-turbine plant in LaGrange, Oldham County, Kentucky. The plant has three operating generating units and 581.4 MW of total nameplate capacity; its first unit entered service in June 2002. East Kentucky Power Cooperative operates the station, which is located in the PJM Interconnection. — Generation: Making Power | East Kentucky Power Cooperative · confidence: medium
- Parties: [{"relationship":"Current owner and operator","name":"East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.","official_url":"https://www.ekpc.coop/"},{"relationship":"Historical legal owner and lessor","name":"Oldham County, Kentucky","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Former owner and leaseholder","name":"Bluegrass Generation Company, LLC","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Former owner and seller to EKPC","name":"LS Power Equity Advisors","official_url":"https://www.lspower.com/"},{"relationship":"Original constructor and former owner","name":"Dynegy, Inc.","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Gas-turbine OEM and supplier","name":"Siemens Energy","official_url":"https://www.siemens-energy.com/global/en/home/products-services/product/sgt6-5000f.html"},{"relationship":"Power offtaker","name":"Kentucky Utilities","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Power offtaker","name":"Louisville Gas and Electric","official_url":null}] — LS Power Completes Sale of Bluegrass Generation facility to East Kentucky Power Cooperative - LS Power · confidence: medium
- Parties: [{"relationship":"Current owner and operator","name":"East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.","official_url":"https://www.ekpc.coop/"},{"relationship":"Historical legal owner and lessor","name":"Oldham County, Kentucky","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Former owner and leaseholder","name":"Bluegrass Generation Company, LLC","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Former owner and seller to EKPC","name":"LS Power Equity Advisors","official_url":"https://www.lspower.com/"},{"relationship":"Original constructor and former owner","name":"Dynegy, Inc.","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Gas-turbine OEM and supplier","name":"Siemens Energy","official_url":"https://www.siemens-energy.com/global/en/home/products-services/product/sgt6-5000f.html"},{"relationship":"Power offtaker","name":"Kentucky Utilities","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Power offtaker","name":"Louisville Gas and Electric","official_url":null}] — Generation: Making Power | East Kentucky Power Cooperative · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.5: {"value":"SERC","system":"NERC region"} — East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc · confidence: medium
- Parties.0: {"relationship":"Current owner and operator","name":"East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.","official_url":"https://www.ekpc.coop/"} — Generation: Making Power | East Kentucky Power Cooperative · confidence: high
- Parties.1: {"relationship":"Historical legal owner and lessor","name":"Oldham County, Kentucky","official_url":null} — I · confidence: medium
- Parties.2: {"relationship":"Former owner and leaseholder","name":"Bluegrass Generation Company, LLC","official_url":null} — I · confidence: medium
- Parties.3: {"relationship":"Former owner and seller to EKPC","name":"LS Power Equity Advisors","official_url":"https://www.lspower.com/"} — LS Power Completes Sale of Bluegrass Generation facility to East Kentucky Power Cooperative - LS Power · confidence: medium
- Parties.4: {"relationship":"Original constructor and former owner","name":"Dynegy, Inc.","official_url":null} — East Kentucky Power OK'd to buy 594 MW Bluegrass power plant · confidence: medium
- Parties.4: {"relationship":"Original constructor and former owner","name":"Dynegy, Inc.","official_url":null} — LS Power Completes Sale of Bluegrass Generation facility to East Kentucky Power Cooperative - LS Power · confidence: medium
- Parties.5: {"relationship":"Gas-turbine OEM and supplier","name":"Siemens Energy","official_url":"https://www.siemens-energy.com/global/en/home/products-services/product/sgt6-5000f.html"} — SGT6-5000F Heavy-duty gas turbine (60 Hz) · confidence: medium
- Unit count: 3 — I · confidence: high
- Product url: http://siemens-energy.com/global/en/home/products-services/product/sgt6-5000f.html — Source · confidence: high
- Manufacturer domain: siemens-energy.com — Source · confidence: high
- Description: Bluegrass Generating Station is an operating natural-gas-fired simple-cycle combustion-turbine plant in LaGrange, Oldham County, Kentucky, with three generators and 581.4 MW of nameplate capacity; its reported summer and winter capacities are 495 MW and 576 MW, respectively. East Kentucky Power Cooperative owns and operates the station in the PJM Interconnection. Dynegy constructed the units, which entered commercial operation in June 2002, and Siemens supplied three SGT6-5000F gas turbines. LS Power Equity Advisors acquired the project from Dynegy in November 2009 and completed its sale to EKPC on December 29, 2015; Oldham County had previously held legal title through a revenue-bond and lease structure. — I · confidence: medium
- Description: Bluegrass Generating Station is an operating natural-gas-fired simple-cycle combustion-turbine plant in LaGrange, Oldham County, Kentucky, with three generators and 581.4 MW of nameplate capacity; its reported summer and winter capacities are 495 MW and 576 MW, respectively. East Kentucky Power Cooperative owns and operates the station in the PJM Interconnection. Dynegy constructed the units, which entered commercial operation in June 2002, and Siemens supplied three SGT6-5000F gas turbines. LS Power Equity Advisors acquired the project from Dynegy in November 2009 and completed its sale to EKPC on December 29, 2015; Oldham County had previously held legal title through a revenue-bond and lease structure. — LS Power Completes Sale of Bluegrass Generation facility... · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["Capacity figures use different reporting bases: the cited EIA 860M-based record lists 581.4 MW of nameplate capacity and 576 MW of winter capacity, while 2015 regulatory testimony described 594 MW of rated winter capacity and 495 MW of net summer capacity.","The available operating record lists three operational units and no planned units. No documented expansion, repowering, or retirement milestone is identified in the cited history."] — I · confidence: medium
- Financing summary: For the original project, Oldham County issued three KRS Chapter 103 revenue-bond series totaling approximately $192 million in or around 2000 to fund the station's acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment. Bluegrass conveyed the station to Oldham County and leased it back, with Bluegrass purchasing and holding the bonds. For the 2015 sale, Bluegrass Generation Company agreed to sell and assign its interests to EKPC for total consideration of $128.75 million; this was sale consideration, not project financing. EKPC planned to finance up to 100% of the station's capital cost with long-term financing, and the acquisition was described as being financed through a private-placement debt offering; a separately disclosed executed debt principal was not identified. — I · confidence: medium
- Financing summary: For the original project, Oldham County issued three KRS Chapter 103 revenue-bond series totaling approximately $192 million in or around 2000 to fund the station's acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment. Bluegrass conveyed the station to Oldham County and leased it back, with Bluegrass purchasing and holding the bonds. For the 2015 sale, Bluegrass Generation Company agreed to sell and assign its interests to EKPC for total consideration of $128.75 million; this was sale consideration, not project financing. EKPC planned to finance up to 100% of the station's capital cost with long-term financing, and the acquisition was described as being financed through a private-placement debt offering; a separately disclosed executed debt principal was not identified. — East Kentucky Power Approved to Buy 594-MW Bluegrass... · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Original project financing and leaseback structure","date":"2000","detail":"Oldham County assisted Bluegrass with financing the station's acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment through three revenue-bond series totaling approximately $192 million. Bluegrass conveyed the station to Oldham County, which leased it back to Bluegrass."},{"event":"Construction and commercial operation","date":"2002-06","detail":"Dynegy constructed the three natural-gas simple-cycle combustion-turbine units, which were commissioned and entered commercial operation in June 2002."},{"event":"Acquisition by LS Power","date":"2009-11","detail":"LS Power Equity Advisors, through a private fund it managed, acquired the project from Dynegy along with three other assets."},{"event":"Earlier proposed sale","date":"2010","detail":"A 2010 LG&E/Kentucky Utilities purchase agreement contemplated a $110 million purchase of the station; the cited record identifies this as a contemplated agreement rather than the completed 2015 transaction."},{"event":"Agreement to sell to EKPC","date":"2015-07","detail":"Bluegrass Generation Company agreed to sell and assign its interests to East Kentucky Power Cooperative for total consideration of $128.75 million."},{"event":"Acquisition financing plan","date":"2015","detail":"EKPC planned long-term financing for up to 100% of the station's capital cost through a private-placement debt offering."},{"event":"Sale closing and transfer to EKPC","date":"2015-12-29","detail":"LS Power Equity Advisors closed the sale of Bluegrass Generation to East Kentucky Power Cooperative."}] — I · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Original project financing and leaseback structure","date":"2000","detail":"Oldham County assisted Bluegrass with financing the station's acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment through three revenue-bond series totaling approximately $192 million. Bluegrass conveyed the station to Oldham County, which leased it back to Bluegrass."},{"event":"Construction and commercial operation","date":"2002-06","detail":"Dynegy constructed the three natural-gas simple-cycle combustion-turbine units, which were commissioned and entered commercial operation in June 2002."},{"event":"Acquisition by LS Power","date":"2009-11","detail":"LS Power Equity Advisors, through a private fund it managed, acquired the project from Dynegy along with three other assets."},{"event":"Earlier proposed sale","date":"2010","detail":"A 2010 LG&E/Kentucky Utilities purchase agreement contemplated a $110 million purchase of the station; the cited record identifies this as a contemplated agreement rather than the completed 2015 transaction."},{"event":"Agreement to sell to EKPC","date":"2015-07","detail":"Bluegrass Generation Company agreed to sell and assign its interests to East Kentucky Power Cooperative for total consideration of $128.75 million."},{"event":"Acquisition financing plan","date":"2015","detail":"EKPC planned long-term financing for up to 100% of the station's capital cost through a private-placement debt offering."},{"event":"Sale closing and transfer to EKPC","date":"2015-12-29","detail":"LS Power Equity Advisors closed the sale of Bluegrass Generation to East Kentucky Power Cooperative."}] — LS Power Completes Sale of Bluegrass Generation facility... · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Original project financing and leaseback structure","date":"2000","detail":"Oldham County assisted Bluegrass with financing the station's acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment through three revenue-bond series totaling approximately $192 million. Bluegrass conveyed the station to Oldham County, which leased it back to Bluegrass."},{"event":"Construction and commercial operation","date":"2002-06","detail":"Dynegy constructed the three natural-gas simple-cycle combustion-turbine units, which were commissioned and entered commercial operation in June 2002."},{"event":"Acquisition by LS Power","date":"2009-11","detail":"LS Power Equity Advisors, through a private fund it managed, acquired the project from Dynegy along with three other assets."},{"event":"Earlier proposed sale","date":"2010","detail":"A 2010 LG&E/Kentucky Utilities purchase agreement contemplated a $110 million purchase of the station; the cited record identifies this as a contemplated agreement rather than the completed 2015 transaction."},{"event":"Agreement to sell to EKPC","date":"2015-07","detail":"Bluegrass Generation Company agreed to sell and assign its interests to East Kentucky Power Cooperative for total consideration of $128.75 million."},{"event":"Acquisition financing plan","date":"2015","detail":"EKPC planned long-term financing for up to 100% of the station's capital cost through a private-placement debt offering."},{"event":"Sale closing and transfer to EKPC","date":"2015-12-29","detail":"LS Power Equity Advisors closed the sale of Bluegrass Generation to East Kentucky Power Cooperative."}] — East Kentucky Power Approved to Buy 594-MW Bluegrass... · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.1: {"relationship":"Former owner and seller","name":"LS Power Equity Advisors","detail":"Through a managed private fund, LS Power acquired the project from Dynegy in November 2009 and sold Bluegrass Generation to EKPC in December 2015.","official_url":"https://www.lspower.com/"} — LS Power Completes Sale of Bluegrass Generation facility... · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.1: {"relationship":"Former owner and seller","name":"LS Power Equity Advisors","detail":"Through a managed private fund, LS Power acquired the project from Dynegy in November 2009 and sold Bluegrass Generation to EKPC in December 2015.","official_url":"https://www.lspower.com/"} — LS Power: Home · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.2: {"relationship":"Historical project company, leaseholder, and contractual seller/assignor","name":"Bluegrass Generation Company, LLC","detail":"Bluegrass financed and developed the station through the Oldham County bond-and-lease structure and agreed to sell and assign its interests to EKPC in 2015.","official_url":null} — I · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.3: {"relationship":"Historical legal owner and lessor","name":"Oldham County, Kentucky","detail":"Oldham County received title to the station in connection with the revenue-bond financing and leased it to Bluegrass under the project lease structure.","official_url":null} — I · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.4: {"relationship":"Original constructor and former owner","name":"Dynegy, Inc.","detail":"Dynegy constructed the three units and later sold the project to LS Power Equity Advisors in November 2009.","official_url":null} — LS Power Completes Sale of Bluegrass Generation facility... · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.4: {"relationship":"Original constructor and former owner","name":"Dynegy, Inc.","detail":"Dynegy constructed the three units and later sold the project to LS Power Equity Advisors in November 2009.","official_url":null} — East Kentucky Power Approved to Buy 594-MW Bluegrass... · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.5: {"relationship":"Gas-turbine OEM and supplier","name":"Siemens Energy","detail":"Siemens supplied three SGT6-5000F gas turbines for the project, each identified in the project profile with 208 MW of nameplate capacity.","official_url":"https://www.siemens-energy.com/global/en/home/products-services/product/sgt6-5000f.html"} — SGT6-5000F Heavy-duty gas turbine (60 Hz) · confidence: medium
- Timeline.0: {"event":"Original project financing and leaseback structure","date":"2000","detail":"Oldham County assisted Bluegrass with financing the station's acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment through three revenue-bond series totaling approximately $192 million. Bluegrass conveyed the station to Oldham County, which leased it back to Bluegrass."} — I · confidence: high
- Timeline.1: {"event":"Construction and commercial operation","date":"2002-06","detail":"Dynegy constructed the three natural-gas simple-cycle combustion-turbine units, which were commissioned and entered commercial operation in June 2002."} — East Kentucky Power Approved to Buy 594-MW Bluegrass... · confidence: medium
- Timeline.2: {"event":"Acquisition by LS Power","date":"2009-11","detail":"LS Power Equity Advisors, through a private fund it managed, acquired the project from Dynegy along with three other assets."} — LS Power Completes Sale of Bluegrass Generation facility... · confidence: high
- Timeline.3: {"event":"Earlier proposed sale","date":"2010","detail":"A 2010 LG&E/Kentucky Utilities purchase agreement contemplated a $110 million purchase of the station; the cited record identifies this as a contemplated agreement rather than the completed 2015 transaction."} — RECEIVED · confidence: medium
- Timeline.4: {"event":"Agreement to sell to EKPC","date":"2015-07","detail":"Bluegrass Generation Company agreed to sell and assign its interests to East Kentucky Power Cooperative for total consideration of $128.75 million."} — RECEIVED · confidence: medium
- Timeline.5: {"event":"Acquisition financing plan","date":"2015","detail":"EKPC planned long-term financing for up to 100% of the station's capital cost through a private-placement debt offering."} — East Kentucky Power Approved to Buy 594-MW Bluegrass... · confidence: medium
- Timeline.6: {"event":"Sale closing and transfer to EKPC","date":"2015-12-29","detail":"LS Power Equity Advisors closed the sale of Bluegrass Generation to East Kentucky Power Cooperative."} — LS Power Completes Sale of Bluegrass Generation facility... · confidence: high
- Quality notes.1: The available operating record lists three operational units and no planned units. No documented expansion, repowering, or retirement milestone is identified in the cited history. — I · confidence: medium
- Acquisition detail: In November 2009, LS Power Equity Advisors, through a private fund it managed, acquired the Bluegrass Generation project from Dynegy, Inc. as part of a portfolio transaction that included three other assets. — Source · confidence: high
- Later sale or transfer: On December 29, 2015, LS Power Equity Advisors completed the sale of the Bluegrass Generation facility to East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. — Source · confidence: high
- Acquisition date: 2009-11 — Source · confidence: high
- Seller: Dynegy, Inc. — Source · confidence: high
- Acquirer: LS Power Equity Advisors — Source · confidence: high
- Transaction scope: portfolio_includes_asset — Source · confidence: high
- Status detail: Operating plant with three existing Siemens combustion-turbine units. The units are natural-gas-fired with fuel oil as secondary fuel following a 2020 retrofit; EKPC's 2025 IRP and the June 2026 Kentucky PSC order state that Bluegrass remains an existing resource and that EKPC has no current plans to retire any generation units. — Source · confidence: medium

## Timeline

- 2015-07 — Agreement to sell to EKPC
  Bluegrass Generation Company agreed to sell and assign its interests to East Kentucky Power Cooperative for total consideration of $128.75 million.
  Source: I (https://psc.ky.gov/pscscf/2015%20cases/2015-00267/20150724_East%20Kentucky%20Power%20Cooperative%2C%20Inc._Application_Volume%20II%20of%20II.pdf)

## Sources

- [East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc](https://openei.org/wiki/East_Kentucky_Power_Coop,_Inc) — openei.org · tier other
- [Generation: Making Power | East Kentucky Power Cooperative](https://www.ekpc.coop/generation-making-power) — ekpc.coop · tier other
- [LS Power Completes Sale of Bluegrass Generation facility ...](https://www.lspower.com/news/ls-power-completes-sale-bluegrass-generation-facility-east-kentucky-power-cooperative/) — lspower.com · tier other
- [RECEIVED](https://psc.ky.gov/pscscf/2015%20cases/2015-00267/20150724_East%20Kentucky%20Power%20Cooperative,%20Inc._Application_Volume%20II%20of%20II.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · tier regulatory
- [East Kentucky Power OK'd to buy 594 MW Bluegrass power plant](https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/dams-civil-structures/east-kentucky-power-ok-d-to-buy-594-mw-bluegrass-power-plant/) — renewableenergyworld.com · tier other
- [SGT6-5000F Heavy-duty gas turbine (60 Hz)](https://www.siemens-energy.com/global/en/home/products-services/product/sgt6-5000f.html) — siemens-energy.com · tier other
- [I](https://psc.ky.gov/pscscf/2015%20cases/2015-00267/20150724_East%20Kentucky%20Power%20Cooperative%2C%20Inc._Application_Volume%20II%20of%20II.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · tier regulatory
- [Source](https://siemens-energy.com/global/en/home/products-services/product/sgt6-5000f.html) — siemens-energy.com · tier other
- [Source](https://ekpc.coop/generation-making-power) — ekpc.coop · tier other
- [East Kentucky Power Approved to Buy 594-MW Bluegrass ...](https://www.power-eng.com/gas/combined-cycle/east-kentucky-power-approved-to-buy-594-mw-bluegrass-plant-of-ls-power/) — power-eng.com · tier other
- [LS Power: Home](https://www.lspower.com/) — lspower.com · tier other
- [Source](https://lspower.com/news/ls-power-completes-sale-bluegrass-generation-facility-east-kentucky-power-cooperative) — lspower.com · tier other
- [Source](https://psc.ky.gov/pscscf/2015%20cases/2015-00267/20150828_2%20-%20Attachment%20-%20Bluegrass%20Due%20Diligence%20Report_FINAL.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · tier regulatory
- [Source](https://psc.ky.gov/pscscf/2025%20Cases/2025-00087/20260601_PSC_ORDER.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · tier regulatory
- [Integrated Resource Plan](https://psc.ky.gov/pscecf/2025-00087/jessica.fitch-snedegar%40ekpc.coop/04012025042343/EKPC_2025_IRP_-_Public_Redacted_Version.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · tier regulatory

## Data quality

- The available operating record lists three operational units and no planned units. No documented expansion, repowering, or retirement milestone is identified in the cited history.

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