Kentucky Utilities Seek Approval for 100-Megawatt Solar Power Contract

Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company on Jan. 23 asked the Kentucky Public Service Commission to approve a 20-year contract with Rhudes Creek Solar LLC, to purchase the output of a 100-megawatt solar generation facility to be built in Hardin County, Kentucky. The project is expected to come online by the end of 2021.

The companies seek approval of retail renewable power agreements with Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky Inc. and Dow Silicones Corporation, which will purchase a portion of the energy acquired through the solar power contract. Toyota has committed to purchasing 50percent of the energy from Rhudes Creek Solar and Dow has committed to purchasing 25 percent.

The utilities selected the project through a request for proposals issued last February for utility-scale renewable resources to evaluate the potential for local renewable energy to reduce customers’ energy costs.

Louisville Gas and Kentucky Utilities are subsidiaries of PPL Corporation.