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Western Kentucky utility projects keeping its existing fossil fuel-fired power plants beyond 2050

States Newsroom · October 1, 2026

An electric utility serving Western Kentucky counties is telling the state regulator it anticipates keeping its existing coal-fired and natural gas-fired power plants open beyond 2050, a projection amid state and federal efforts seeking to boost fossil fuel-fired power. On Tuesday, Owensboro-based Big Rivers Electric…

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Western Kentucky utility projects keeping its existing fossil fuel-fired power plants beyond 2050

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