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EIA plant 6071

Bedford · Trimble · KY

Trimble County

Operated by Louisville Gas & Electric Co

Annual generation9,059,845 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesBIT, NGCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextLouisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities CompanyBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Trimble County?

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38.584700, -85.411700

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyConventional Steam Coal1,400.1 MW represented
TechnologyNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine1,194 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

1935,249
2625,329
3908,317
41,085,236
5866,527
6755,751
7887,445.01
8886,835
9534,222
10393,681
11501,141
12680,112

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
1935,249
2625,329
3908,317
41,085,236
5866,527
6755,751
7887,445.01
8886,835
9534,222
10393,681
11501,141
12680,112

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1935,249 MWh
2625,329 MWh
3908,317 MWh
41,085,236 MWh
5866,527 MWh
6755,751 MWh
7887,445 MWh
8886,835 MWh
9534,222 MWh
10393,681 MWh
11501,141 MWh
12680,112 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
2Conventional Steam CoalBIT834OP
1Conventional Steam CoalBIT566.1OP
10Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG199OP
5Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG199OP
6Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG199OP
7Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG199OP
8Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG199OP
9Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG199OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
6071
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Ohio River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 4 has the highest recorded value (1,085,236 MWh) and 10 the lowest (393,681 MWh). Their difference is 691,555 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Reading the MW column

In the 8 numeric rows displayed in this table, MW ranges from 199 (10, 5, 6) to 834 (2). The difference is 635 in the column's stated units. This summary covers the displayed rows and retains the table's period and scope.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Conventional Steam Coal566.1493.0493.0188.0
10Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine199.0159.0179.080.0
2Conventional Steam Coal834.0732.0760.0420.0
5Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine199.0159.0179.080.0
6Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine199.0159.0179.080.0
7Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine199.0159.0179.080.0
8Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine199.0159.0179.080.0
9Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine199.0159.0179.080.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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