KY utility gets Trump administration funding for smog controls at coal-fired power plant

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: February 13, 2026

Words: 848

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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Kentucky’s largest electric utility will share in $175 million the Trump administration unveiled to modernize and extend the life of coal-fired power plants in six states.

Louisville Gas & and Electric and Kentucky Utilities will use the money to upgrade smog controls at its 53-year-old Ghent Generating Station on the Ohio River in Carroll County.

The utility at one point had decided to retire Unit 2 at Ghent by 2028 rather than pay …

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