duke Kentucky sees slow load growth in IRP, considers gas capacity to replace coal unit

摘要

Slow growth in electric load and little in the way of new nsupply-side resources sum up a new integrated resource plan nfiled by Duke Energy Kentucky last week with the Public Service nCommission (Case No. 2011-00235).n The utility also said it most likely will build or buy 140 nMW of natural gas-fired combined-cycle capacity to replace a n163-MW coal-fired unit at the Miami Fort power plant in Ohio nthe company is considering retiring by 2015 to comply with nEnvironmental Protection Agency rules.