How we make power

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EKPC supplies electricity through three coal-fired stations: H.L. Spurlock Power Station located near Maysville; John Sherman Cooper Power Station located near Somerset; and William C. Dale Power Station, located near Winchester.

There are also combustion turbines (CTs) at J.K. Smith Station, located in Trapp, near Winchester. The CTs, which run on natural gas or fuel oil, operate when peak electric demand is highest (usually during the hottest and coldest months of the year).

EKPC also obtains about 170 megawatts of hydropower through arrangements with Laurel and Wolf Creek dams and the federal Southeastern Power Administration. Below is a map showing the system's power generation. The shaded area shows the geographic area served by the member systems.

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EAST KENTUCKY POWER GENERATION

1 SPURLOCK	1,118 net MW
2 DALE	196 net MW
3 SMITH COMBUSTION TURBINE UNITS
Smith Unit #1 Updates	626 net MW SUMMER
Smith Unit #1 Updates	842 net MW WINTER
4 COOPER	341 net MW
5 Bavarian	3.2 net MW
6 Laurel Ridge	4.0 net MW
7 Green Valley	2.4 net MW
8 Pearl Hollow	2.4 net MW
9 Pendleton	3.2 net MW
SEPA Hydroelectric Power	170 MW

The energy from these facilities primarily comes from coal, which is the most affordable electric fuel in Kentucky. About 96 percent of Kentucky's electric energy comes from coal. In fact, the abundance of coal is the prime reason that Kentucky has one of the lowest average electric rates in the nation.

EAST KENTUCKY POWER GENERATION PROJECTS
Click here for a chart of generation projects and their status