Western Kentucky utility projects keeping its existing fossil fuel-fired power plants beyond 2050

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: October 1, 2026

Words: 828

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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An electric utility serving Western Kentucky counties is telling the state regulator it anticipates keeping its existing coal-fired and natural gas-fired power plants open beyond 2050, a projection amid state and federal efforts seeking to boost fossil fuel-fired power.

On Tuesday, Owensboro-based Big Rivers Electric Corporation filed a new integrated resource plan before the Kentucky Public Service Commission, detailing the utility’s future plans for power plants, electricity transmission infrastructure and …

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