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EIA plant 6823

Centertown · Ohio · KY

D B Wilson

Operated by Big Rivers Electric Corp

Annual generation2,500,882 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesBITCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextMidcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..Balancing authority or NERC region

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37.449700, -87.080600

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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 Coal509.4 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.

1284,531
2217,804
385,265
4133,980
5258,014
6240,450
7276,377
8251,711
9203,028
10232,022
11256,130
1261,570

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
1284,531
2217,804
385,265
4133,980
5258,014
6240,450
7276,377
8251,711
9203,028
10232,022
11256,130
1261,570

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1284,531 MWh
2217,804 MWh
385,265 MWh
4133,980 MWh
5258,014 MWh
6240,450 MWh
7276,377 MWh
8251,711 MWh
9203,028 MWh
10232,022 MWh
11256,130 MWh
1261,570 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Conventional Steam CoalBIT509.4OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
6823
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Green River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 1 has the highest recorded value (284,531 MWh) and 12 the lowest (61,570 MWh). Their difference is 222,961 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Conventional Steam Coal509.4417.0417.0300.0

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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