Power plant · Kentucky, United States

J K Smith

J K Smith is a power plant in Kentucky, United States, with 938 MW of capacity, owned by East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Kentucky	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1999	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Owner	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	938 MW	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	37.8833, -84.1017	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

J K Smith is the 9th-largest of 15 power plants in Kentucky and the 332nd-largest of 800 in the United States by capacity; its 938 MW is 0.11% of the 839,036 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
Kentucky	9th of 15	18,709 MW	5%
United States	332nd of 800	839,036 MW	0.11%
All power plants in our data	374th of 12,032	1,190,447 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 1 mine, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Drake #1	Mine	—	Operating	21 km

Owner, operator and place

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Data on this page

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.