# D B Wilson

MISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/d-b-wilson

Big Rivers Electric Corporation - Ohio County - MISO

D.B. Wilson Station is a Conventional Steam Coal plant with 509.4 MW of nameplate capacity (417 MW net summer capacity) in Ohio County, Kentucky. The single-unit plant, located near Centertown, has been owned and operated by Big Rivers Electric Corporation, a member-owned generation and transmission cooperative, since it entered service in September 1984. Big Rivers describes Wilson as its main coal-fired plant, calling it a "critical" round-the-clock resource after retiring or converting its other coal stations. Wilson burns locally sourced bituminous coal and its fly ash and gypsum by-products are sold for concrete and drywall production. Big Rivers' wholesale power agreements with its three member-owner cooperatives, which Wilson helps supply, run through the end of 2043. No whole-plant retirement date has been announced for Wilson Station.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 509.4 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 6823 — plant-6823

## Facts

- **Technology:** Conventional Steam Coal
- **Operator:** Big Rivers Electric Corporation

## Related parties

- **Owner / operator:** Big Rivers Electric Corporation — Owner and operator ([source](https://www.bigrivers.com/))
- **Balancing authority / market operator:** Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) — Market operator and balancing authority ([source](https://www.misoenergy.org/))
- **Equipment supplier:** Foster Wheeler (OEM support by Wood Group) — Boiler supplier and OEM ([source](https://www.woodgroup.com/))
- **Equipment supplier:** Westinghouse — Turbine-generator supplier and OEM
- **Lender / guarantor:** Federal Financing Bank (FFB) / Rural Electrification Administration (REA) — Construction lender and federal guarantor
- **O&M provider:** Western Kentucky Energy Corp. (WKEC) / E.ON U.S. — Operating lessee and operator
- **Equity investor:** Bluegrass Leasing / Philip Morris Capital Corporation (PMCC) — Leveraged-lease equity participant
- **Equity investor:** Bank of America Leasing Corporation — Leveraged-lease equity participant

## Sources

- [psc.ky.gov](http://psc.ky.gov/pscscf/2012%20cases/2012-00492/20130103_Big_Rivers_Response_To_AG.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [mbrweb.ferc.gov](https://mbrweb.ferc.gov/SearchlkpEIA/Index?page=150) — mbrweb.ferc.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/d-b-wilson
Website: [Big Rivers Electric Corporation](https://www.bigrivers.com/)

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