# Cooper

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/cooper

East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. - Pulaski County - PJM

Cooper Station, also known as John Sherman Cooper Power Station, is a two-unit, 344 MW coal-fired conventional steam generating facility in Pulaski County near Somerset/Burnside, Kentucky, owned and operated by East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. Both units are pulverized-coal steam turbine generators. The station provides important voltage support for the Southern Kentucky grid within the PJM Interconnection region and withdraws cooling water from Lake Cumberland. EKPC has announced plans to add a new 745-MW natural-gas combined-cycle facility at the site and to convert Unit 2 to coal/natural-gas co-firing capability, with Unit 1 mothballing contingent on the new facility's commercial operation around 2030.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 344 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 1384 — plant-1384

## Facts

- **Technology:** Conventional Steam Coal
- **Operator:** East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.

## Related parties

- **Owner / operator / developer:** East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. — Current owner and operator of existing Cooper units and developer of planned projects ([source](https://www.ekpc.coop/))
- **Construction partner:** East Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative — Original constructor and developer (1964 dedication) ([source](https://www.ekpc.coop/))
- **Interconnection counterparty:** TC Energy — Natural-gas pipeline infrastructure provider ([source](https://www.tcenergy.com/))
- **Lender:** U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service — Prospective project lender / federal financing agency ([source](https://www.rd.usda.gov/))

## Sources

- [psc.ky.gov](http://psc.ky.gov/pscecf/2025-00087/jessica.fitch-snedegar%40ekpc.coop/04012025042343/EKPC_2025_IRP_-_Public_Redacted_Version.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [psc.ky.gov](https://psc.ky.gov/pscecf/2024-00370/allyson%40hloky.com/04112025125225/EKPCs_supplemental_response_to_PSC_Request_3-12_-_final.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [psc.ky.gov](https://psc.ky.gov/pscecf/2024-00370/allyson%40hloky.com/11202024063724/Application_New_Gen_-_Final_to_File.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [psc.ky.gov](https://psc.ky.gov/pscecf/2025-00321/greg.cecil%40ekpc.coop/10072025011045/2025-00321_EKPC_Financing_Application.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

---

Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/cooper
Website: [East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.](https://www.ekpc.coop/)

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