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Capacity: 626 net megawatts, summer Smith Power Station is a peaking plant that provides Kentuckians with electricity during the hottest and coldest days of the year. Located at Trapp, Ky., on the Kentucky River, Smith Station is one of the four major power plants operated by East Kentucky Power Cooperative in Winchester, Ky. It is named in honor of J.K. Smith, a former secretary-treasurer and interim manager at EKPC who played a key role in bringing the many benefits of rural electrification to Kentucky. Smith’s seven peaking units are combustion turbines that operate on fuel oil or natural gas. The turbines are designed to run during peak times. These seven turbines can provide 626 megawatts total capacity in the summers and 842 megawatts during the winters. Cold weather enables combustion turbines to supply more energy, which is why they produce more power in the winter. One megawatt powers 10,000 100-watt bulbs Smith’s first three peaking units went into operation in 1998 and 1999. Two more units were added in 2001, followed by units six and seven in 2004. Two more 100-megawatt units are scheduled to be completed by summer 2009. EKPC also plans to build a new coal-fired base load unit on the 3,200-acre grounds of the Smith plant. Base load plants operate around the clock, every day of the year. The new unit will operate on clean coal technology, which drastically decreases emissions, and is expected to be in operation by summer 2012. We pride ourselves on providing Kentuckians low-cost, dependable power. Our purpose today is the same as it was when rural electrification began. We exist not to make money, but to improve the lives of those at the end of the line. Here’s a breakdown of generation by unit: Unit #1 Unit #2
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