# Coal Plants Still Running in Kentucky: All 10 on a Map (List + Data) | InstaMaps

> Kentucky has 10 coal plants still running (4.9% of the US), #6 by count and #8 per person. From EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. Map to embed, CSV download.

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# Coal Plants Still Running in Kentucky

Kentucky has **10 coal plants still running**: 4.9% of the US total of 205\. That ranks **#6 by count** and **#8 per person** (0.22 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

## Key takeaways

* Kentucky has 10 coal plants still running, 4.9% of the US total of 205.
* That ranks #6 of 51 by count and #8 per person (0.22 per 100,000 residents).
* Pennsylvania has the most, with 13.
* Source: EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (U.S. Energy Information Administration), August 2026.

#8

national rank (per capita)

10

coal plants still running

0.22

per 100k residents

## The data

Source: [EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (U.S. Energy Information Administration)](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/), August 2026\. Plants with at least one operating coal-fired generator. A plant counts once however many coal units it has. Plants that switched to gas are not counted.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse

[Kentucky: 10 rows (CSV)](/downloads/coal-plants/kentucky.csv)[All of the US (CSV)](/downloads/coal-plants/us.csv)

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## All 10 coal plants still running in Kentucky

| #  | Name            |
| -- | --------------- |
| 1  | Cooper          |
| 2  | D B Wilson      |
| 3  | E W Brown       |
| 4  | East Bend       |
| 5  | Ghent           |
| 6  | H L Spurlock    |
| 7  | Miami Fort      |
| 8  | Mill Creek (KY) |
| 9  | Shawnee         |
| 10 | Trimble County  |

Names as the source gives them. Coordinates for every one are in the CSV.

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