East Kentucky Power Co-Op4775 Lexington Road , P.O. Box 707 , Winchester, Kentucky, United States

EKPC is a not-for-profit generation and transmission electric utility with headquarters in Winchester, Ky. The cooperative is owned and governed by 16 member-owned electricity distribution co-ops. EKPC’s vital mission is to safely generate and transmit affordable, reliable power to these cooperatives serving more than 1 million Kentuckians. Together with our owner-members, we’re known as Kentucky’s Touchstone Energy Cooperatives.   

On July 7, 1941, the owner-member cooperatives formed the not-for-profit cooperative that became EKPC. World War II delayed plans for the cooperative, but in 1954 EKPC began operating Dale Station. That brought light to the countryside and dramatically improved the lives of rural citizens. The first power lines brought a new freedom and a better way of life to Kentucky families. 

Operations

EKPC generates electricity through two coal-fired plants: H.L. Spurlock Station near Maysville and John Sherman Cooper Station near Somerset. We make power using combustion turbines (CTs) — fueled by natural gas or fuel oil — at Bluegrass Station in LaGrange and at J.K. Smith Station in Trapp, near Winchester.  We’ve embraced the future by building Cooperative Solar Farm One, one of the largest solar projects in Kentucky. Located in Winchester, the 60-acre farm features 32,300 solar panels producing enough electricity for 1,000 Kentucky homes.  EKPC has six more plants generating renewable power from methane gas at landfills. We purchase hydropower from the federal Southeastern Power Administration’s through Laurel and Wolf Creek dams.

Touchstone Energy: America's largest utility network  

Touchstone Energy is a nationwide alliance made up of more than 750 local, owner-member electric cooperatives in 46 states. Together, we are your source of power and information. Kentucky’s Touchstone Energy Co-ops show our commitment to local communities through programs that support veterans, special athletes, families facing illnesses and victims of disasters.