- Combustion
- Under construction
- Operating
- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
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- Combustion
- Under construction
- Operating
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Cane Run
Power plant · Gas, combined cycle
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, combined cycleran 73% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2015
- Net generation, 2025
- 5,128,350 MWh
- Grid
- 138 kV to Louisville Gas & Electric Co (LGEE)
- Location
- Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Operated by
- Louisville Gas & Electric Co
Output
- Gas
- Coal
- Oil
Details
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- Technology
- Gas, combined cycle source: “Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle”
- Age
- 11 years since 2015
- Unused energy
- 1,941 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
- Heat rate
- 6,739 Btu/kWh 2025
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 34,557,757 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.725 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 6,738.6 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 5,128,350 |
| Balancing authority code | LGEE |
Retirement
EIA-860M September 2026StatusSome generators have retired; the rest of the plant is still in service. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.- Capacity retired
- 660.9 MW
- Generators retired
- 4
- Capacity still in service
- 807 MW
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Conventional Steam Coal | 272 MW | Retired | April 2015 |
| 4 | Conventional Steam Coal | 163.2 MW | Retired | June 2015 |
| 5 | Conventional Steam Coal | 209.4 MW | Retired | June 2015 |
| 11 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 16.3 MW | Retired | December 2019 |
By technology
| Technology | Retired | Scheduled to retire |
|---|---|---|
| Conventional Steam Coal | 644.6 MW | |
| Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 16.3 MW |
Grid
EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).- Grid voltage at the plant
- 138 kV
- Transmission or distribution system owner
- Louisville Gas & Electric Co
- Balancing authority
- Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company
- NERC region
- SERC
Transmission lines within 25 km (10)
- Cane Run Switching - Cane Run 138 kV
- Cane Run Switching - Cane Run 138 kV
- Cane Run Switching - Cane Run 138 kV
- Cane Run Switching - Cane Run 138 kV
- Cane Run Switching - Cane Run 138 kV
- Cane Run Switching - Campground 138 kV
- Cane Run Switching - Campground 138 kV
- Cane Run Switching 138 kV line
- Ashbottom - Cane Run Switching 138 kV
- Campground - Paddys Run 138 kV
Can the connection be reused?
A plant that retires usually leaves its substation, transmission connection and interconnection agreement behind, and those may be reusable by a new project at the same site. FERC Order No. 845 lets an interconnection customer use surplus interconnection service at an existing site, and some transmission providers' tariffs let a replacement resource take over a retiring unit's interconnection service, usually within a set time after the retirement. Whether any such right still exists here, who holds it and on what terms depends on the owner, the transmission provider and timing; this page does not establish any of that.
Ownership
3 companies4| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville Gas & Electric Co | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| PPL CORP | Owner | 100.0% | 31 Dec 2023 | EPA GHGRP |
| Kentucky Utilities Co | Owner | 78.0% | 31 Dec 2025 | EIA-860 |
| Louisville Gas & Electric Co | Owner | 22.0% | 31 Dec 2025 | EIA-860 |
Timeline
- Stated Unit 11 scheduled to retire, 16.3 MW · EIA-860M
- Stated Units 4, 5 scheduled to retire, 372.6 MW · EIA-860M
- Stated Unit 6 scheduled to retire, 272 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
6 sourcesSources EIA-860M · LBNL · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT) · EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- LBNL — A Harmonized Geospatial Dataset of U.S. Transmission Lines: Linking FERC Form 1 and HIFLD, 1994-2024 (OEDI submission 8742)Yin, Nait Belaid & Heleno (2026), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, OEDI, CC BY 4.0: A Harmonized Geospatial Dataset of U.S. Transmission Lines: Linking FERC Form 1 and HIFLD, 1994-2024. Modified by Inframation: HIFLD-side fields only, names re-cased, coordinates rounded.
- EIA Open Data bulk file — Electricity (ELEC.zip; monthly plant net generation and fuel consumption since 2001)Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
- EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules
Around this plant
Nearby
within 25 km| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek (KY) Under construction | Gas, combined cycle | 14.6 km | 740 |