Mill Creek Generating Station

The Mill Creek Generating Station is a coal-fired power plant owned and operated by Louisville Gas & Electric in the Kosmosdale neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. It is located on 544 acres in southwest Louisville, about 20 miles from downtown.

Mill Creek Generating Station
Mill Creek's steam stacks viewed from the Farnsley Morman House
Country	United States
Location	Louisville, Kentucky
Coordinates	38.05°N 85.91°W / 38.05; -85.91
Commission date	1972
Owner	Louisville Gas & Electric
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Bituminous coal
Cooling source	Ohio River
Power generation
Units operational	4
Nameplate capacity	1,717 MW

Construction on the plant began in 1968 to meet growing energy demand in the Louisville area, according to the utility.^[1] Unit 1 went into service by 1972, unit 2 by 1974, unit 3 by 1978, and unit 4 in 1982.

Mill Creek Generating Station is LG&E's largest coal-fired power plant. It consumes about 4.8 million tons of fuel annually.

In 2024, the utility began construction on a 640-megawatt natural gas combined-cycle generating unit at the plant, expected to begin operations in 2027.^[2]

Emissions Data

• 2022 Greenhouse gas emissions: 7,066,313 MTCO2e^[3]
• 2022 CO₂ Emissions: 15,452,873,560 pounds
• 2022 SO₂ Emissions: 6,338,998 pounds
• 2022 NO_x Emissions: 10,784,738 pounds

See also

• United States portal
• Energy portal

• Coal mining in Kentucky