# East Bend

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East Bend is a coal-fired power facility with 772 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in Boone County, Kentucky, registered as EIA Plant ID 6018. Duke Energy Kentucky Inc owns and operates the plant. Duke Energy Kentucky identifies East Bend as its only baseload and coal-fired generator, providing the majority of the capacity serving its Northern Kentucky load.
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## Key facts

- Technology: Conventional Steam Coal
- Power capacity: 772 MW
- Operating status: operating
- Retirement: 2039

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM

## Source-backed facts

- Owner logo domain: duke-energy.com — East Bend Station - Power Plants - Duke Energy · confidence: high
- Official project url: https://www.duke-energy.com/Our-Company/About-Us/Power-Plants/East-Bend-Station — East Bend Station - Power Plants - Duke Energy · confidence: high
- Description: East Bend is a single-unit, coal-fired conventional steam plant in Boone County, Kentucky, operated by Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. The plant has EIA plant ID 6018 and generator ID 2; its generator has 772 MW of nameplate capacity and 600 MW of summer and winter capacity. The unit entered service in 1981 and participates in the PJM market. — East Bend Station - Power Plants - Duke Energy · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.3: {"value":"2024-00152","system":"Kentucky PSC docket"} — Source · confidence: high
- Identifiers.6: {"value":"21-015-00029","system":"Kentucky EIS/AFS identifier"} — Source · confidence: high
- Identifiers.7: {"value":"V-12-023","system":"Kentucky air permit"} — Source · confidence: high
- Identifiers.8: {"value":"176","system":"Kentucky environmental Agency Interest ID"} — Source · confidence: high
- Identifiers.9: {"value":"60724995","system":"Duke Energy project number"} — Source · confidence: high
- Parties.1: {"relationship":"Parent/operator brand","name":"Duke Energy","official_url":"https://www.duke-energy.com"} — Source · confidence: medium
- Parties.2: {"relationship":"Engineering and preliminary design consultant","name":"AECOM","official_url":"https://aecom.com/"} — The Electronic Application of Duke Energy ) Ken · confidence: high
- Unit configuration: One conventional steam coal-fired steam-turbine generating unit (Unit 2). — East Bend Station - Power Plants - Duke Energy · confidence: medium
- Commercial operation date: 1981-03-01 — East Bend Station - Power Plants - Duke Energy · confidence: medium
- Unit count: 1 — East Bend Station - Power Plants - Duke Energy · confidence: high
- Construction scope: Existing East Bend equipment comprises a single coal-fired steam turbine generating unit at the Boone County station. The source-backed equipment list identifies a Babcock & Wilcox wall-fired boiler, steam turbine, 743.7 MVA Westinghouse turbine-generator, Foster Wheeler selective catalytic reduction system, electrostatic precipitator, and water-treatment equipment. Duke describes the station as a single-turbine, 600 MW plant; EIA records one generator with 772 MW nameplate capacity and 600 MW summer and winter capacity. The sulfur-dioxide scrubber was upgraded in 2005. — East Bend Station - Power Plants - Duke Energy · confidence: medium
- Construction scope: Existing East Bend equipment comprises a single coal-fired steam turbine generating unit at the Boone County station. The source-backed equipment list identifies a Babcock & Wilcox wall-fired boiler, steam turbine, 743.7 MVA Westinghouse turbine-generator, Foster Wheeler selective catalytic reduction system, electrostatic precipitator, and water-treatment equipment. Duke describes the station as a single-turbine, 600 MW plant; EIA records one generator with 772 MW nameplate capacity and 600 MW summer and winter capacity. The sulfur-dioxide scrubber was upgraded in 2005. — Bill of Sale for East Bend · confidence: medium
- Kind: thermal — East Bend Station - Power Plants - Duke Energy · confidence: high
- Equipment models.1: {"manufacturer_domain":null,"product_url":null,"count":1,"unit_mw":null,"name":"Steam turbine"} — East Bend Station - Power Plants - Duke Energy · confidence: high
- Timeline.3: {"event":"Environmental retrofit","date":"2005","detail":"Duke Energy's plant directory states that East Bend's sulfur-dioxide scrubber was upgraded in 2005."} — East Bend Station - Power Plants · confidence: high
- Timeline.9: {"event":"Engineering study for proposed retrofit","date":"2022","detail":"AECOM completed a Phase 1 engineering study evaluating conversion of East Bend's wet flue-gas-desulfurization system from quicklime handling to a limestone inhibited-oxidation process."} — Source · confidence: high
- Timeline.10: {"event":"Proposed limestone conversion","date":"2024-07","detail":"Duke Energy Kentucky filed Case No. 2024-00152 seeking authorization to construct the limestone conversion project, estimated at $125.8 million and proposed for recovery through the environmental surcharge mechanism."} — Source · confidence: high
- Timeline.11: {"event":"Retirement and fuel-conversion planning","date":"2024","detail":"Duke Energy Kentucky's 2024 IRP evaluated dual-fuel operation beginning around 2029 and several replacement or retirement scenarios, including retirement by 2039; these were planning alternatives rather than a confirmed retirement or repowering completion."} — Source · confidence: medium
- Timeline.12: {"event":"Limestone-conversion application withdrawn","date":"2025","detail":"A Kentucky PSC order stated that Duke Energy Kentucky had been granted leave to withdraw the East Bend limestone-conversion application without prejudice."} — Motion Response · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.1: {"relationship":"Parent and operator brand","name":"Duke Energy","detail":"Parent/operator brand associated with Duke Energy Kentucky and the East Bend Station.","official_url":"https://www.duke-energy.com/"} — Source · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.5: {"relationship":"Engineering consultant","name":"AECOM","detail":"Completed the 2022 Phase 1 engineering study and prepared preliminary engineering materials for the proposed East Bend limestone-conversion project.","official_url":"https://aecom.com/"} — Source · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.6: {"relationship":"Steam-boiler supplier","name":"Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.","detail":"Power-plant project reporting identifies Babcock & Wilcox as the steam-boiler supplier for East Bend.","official_url":"https://www.babcock.com/"} — Power plant profile: East Bend Coal Fired Power Plant, US · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.2: The 2024 limestone-conversion application was a proposed environmental retrofit rather than a completed capacity expansion or repowering; the application was later withdrawn without prejudice. The 2024 IRP's 2029 dual-fuel and 2039 replacement scenarios were planning cases, not a confirmed retirement date. — Source · confidence: high
- Quality notes.2: The 2024 limestone-conversion application was a proposed environmental retrofit rather than a completed capacity expansion or repowering; the application was later withdrawn without prejudice. The 2024 IRP's 2029 dual-fuel and 2039 replacement scenarios were planning cases, not a confirmed retirement date. — Motion Response · confidence: high
- Quality notes.2: The 2024 limestone-conversion application was a proposed environmental retrofit rather than a completed capacity expansion or repowering; the application was later withdrawn without prejudice. The 2024 IRP's 2029 dual-fuel and 2039 replacement scenarios were planning cases, not a confirmed retirement date. — Source · confidence: high
- Quality notes.3: The DOE source separately reports an East Bend-specific award of $33.4 million federal funding, $50.043088 million non-federal funding, and $83.443088 million total value; an adjacent DOE page header also displays a different $27.441 million/$42.559 million/$70 million funding set, so the award figures should be treated as program-announcement amounts pending final grant documentation. — Duke Energy Corporation - The DOE announces grants for Duke Energy projects, bringing total funding to nearly $96 million · confidence: medium
- Retirement date: 2039 — Source · confidence: medium
- Status detail: East Bend Unit 2 is currently operating. It is a single-unit coal-fired station, and current EIA 860M information lists generator 2 as operational. Duke Energy Kentucky identifies it as its only baseload coal generator. The 2024 IRP plans dual-fuel conversion by 2030 and lists a 2039 planned retirement date for the unit. — Source · confidence: high
- Status detail: East Bend Unit 2 is currently operating. It is a single-unit coal-fired station, and current EIA 860M information lists generator 2 as operational. Duke Energy Kentucky identifies it as its only baseload coal generator. The 2024 IRP plans dual-fuel conversion by 2030 and lists a 2039 planned retirement date for the unit. — Source · confidence: high
- Operating status: operating — Source · confidence: high

## Timeline

- 2003-12-05 — Portfolio acquisition approval
  The Kentucky PSC approved Duke Energy Kentucky's acquisition of three generating stations from Duke Energy Ohio, including East Bend Unit 2, in Case No. 2003-00252.
  Source: Source (https://psc.ky.gov/pscecf/2024-00152/debbie.gates%40duke-energy.com/07252024035515/CPCN_Application_2024-00152.pdf)
- 2006-01-01 — Portfolio acquisition completed
  Duke Energy Kentucky completed the acquisition of East Bend and two other generating stations from Duke Energy Ohio effective January 1, 2006.
  Source: Source (https://psc.ky.gov/pscecf/2024-00152/debbie.gates%40duke-energy.com/07252024035515/CPCN_Application_2024-00152.pdf)
- 2015-08-20 — Regulatory accounting for acquisition cost
  A Kentucky PSC proceeding addressed regulatory treatment and depreciation of the $12.4 million East Bend interest acquired from DP&L; the order described the investment cost and remaining asset life rather than a project-finance arrangement.
  Source: Company") filed an application ("Application") seeking approval to establish a regulatory ruling issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") (https://psc.ky.gov/PSCSCF/2015%20cases/2015-00120/20150820_PSC_ORDER.pdf)
- 2024 — Retirement and fuel-conversion planning
  Duke Energy Kentucky's 2024 IRP evaluated dual-fuel operation beginning around 2029 and several replacement or retirement scenarios, including retirement by 2039; these were planning alternatives rather than a confirmed retirement or repowering completion.
  Source: Source (https://psc.ky.gov/pscecf/2024-00197/e.rolfes-adkins%40duke-energy.com/09092024025857/DEK_IRP_PUBLIC_06212024.pdf)
- 2024-07 — Proposed limestone conversion
  Duke Energy Kentucky filed Case No. 2024-00152 seeking authorization to construct the limestone conversion project, estimated at $125.8 million and proposed for recovery through the environmental surcharge mechanism.
  Source: Source (https://psc.ky.gov/pscecf/2024-00152/debbie.gates%40duke-energy.com/07252024035515/CPCN_Application_2024-00152.pdf)

## Sources

- [East Bend Station - Power Plants](https://www.duke-energy.com/Our-Company/About-Us/Power-Plants/East-Bend-Station) — duke-energy.com · tier other
- [Source](https://psc.ky.gov/pscecf/2024-00152/debbie.gates%40duke-energy.com/07252024035515/CPCN_Application_2024-00152.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · tier regulatory
- [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bend_Generating_Station) — en.wikipedia.org · tier other
- [Bill of Sale for East Bend](https://psc.ky.gov/pscscf/2003%20cases/2003-00252/project%20caleb/13.0%20Bill%20of%20Sale%20for%20East%20Bend.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · tier regulatory
- [Reliable Coal Pulverizers and Mills » Babcock & Wilcox](https://www.babcock.com/home/products-services/combustion-and-fuel-systems/pulverizers) — babcock.com · tier other
- [Turbine Services](https://westinghousenuclear.com/operating-plants/outage-services/turbine-services/) — westinghousenuclear.com · tier other
- [Defense Production Act Title III Project Selections: Coal Fleet Projects and West Gateway Terminal | Department of Energy](https://www.energy.gov/hgeo/defense-production-act-title-iii-project-selections-coal-fleet-projects-and-west-gateway) — energy.gov · tier regulatory
- [Company") filed an application ("Application") seeking approval to establish a regulatory ruling issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC")](https://psc.ky.gov/PSCSCF/2015%20cases/2015-00120/20150820_PSC_ORDER.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · tier regulatory
- [2024 INTEGRATED](https://psc.ky.gov/pscecf/2024-00197/e.rolfes-adkins%40duke-energy.com/09092024025857/DEK_IRP_PUBLIC_06212024.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · tier regulatory
- [Motion Response](https://psc.ky.gov/pscscf/2025%20Cases/2025-00002/20250514_PSC_ORDER.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · tier regulatory
- [Power plant profile: East Bend Coal Fired Power Plant, US](https://www.power-technology.com/data-insights/power-plant-profile-east-bend-coal-fired-power-plant-us/) — power-technology.com · tier other
- [Duke Energy Corporation - The DOE announces grants for Duke Energy projects, bringing total funding to nearly $96 million](https://investors.duke-energy.com/news/news-details/2026/The-DOE-announces-grants-for-Duke-Energy-projects-bringing-total-funding-to-nearly-96-million/default.aspx) — investors.duke-energy.com · tier other
- [Sheet1](https://www.pjm.com/-/media/DotCom/markets-ops/rpm/rpm-auction-info/2025-2026/2025-2026-rpm-existing-resource-list-post.xlsx) — pjm.com · tier other
- [Source](https://www.pjm.com/-/media/DotCom/etools/capacity-exchange/erpm-designated.csv) — pjm.com · tier other
- [Source](https://duke-energy.com/Our-Company/About-Us/Power-Plants/East-Bend-Station) — duke-energy.com · tier other
- [Source](https://psc.ky.gov/pscecf/2025-00002/e.rolfes-adkins%40duke-energy.com/01282025112941/DEK_APP_012825.pdf) — psc.ky.gov · tier regulatory

## Data quality

- EIA nameplate capacity is 772 MW, while the utility and regulatory records describe approximately 600 MW of net, summer, or winter capacity; these measures are retained separately. The 2024 limestone-conversion application was a proposed environmental retrofit rather than a completed capacity expansion or repowering; the application was later withdrawn without prejudice. The 2024 IRP's 2029 dual-fuel and 2039 replacement scenarios were planning cases, not a confirmed retirement date. The DOE source separately reports an East Bend-specific award of $33.4 million federal funding, $50.043088 million non-federal funding, and $83.443088 million total value; an adjacent DOE page header also displays a different $27.441 million/$42.559 million/$70 million funding set, so the award figures should be treated as program-announcement amounts pending final grant documentation.

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