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Morehead Generating Facility
Power plant · Biomass
Key facts
Power plant · Biomassran 55% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2019
- Net generation, 2025
- 6,774 MWh
- Grid
- 5 kV to East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc (PJM)
- Location
- Rowan County, Kentucky
- Operated by
- North American Biofuels, LLC
Output
- Biomass and waste
Details
Who’s behind it
- Owner
- Waste Management Inc
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- Technology
- Biomass source: “Landfill Gas”
- Age
- 7 years since 2019
- Heat rate
- 14,586 Btu/kWh 2025
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Grid |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 98,807 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.552 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 14,586.2 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 6,774 |
| Balancing authority code | PJM |
Ownership
2 companies2| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North American Biofuels, LLC | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| WASTE MANAGEMENT INC | Owner | 100.0% | 31 Dec 2023 | EPA GHGRP |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
4 sourcesSources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- 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)