Duke Energy Kentucky set to build gas plant to replace coal capacity expected to retire

摘要

Duke Energy Kentucky is poised to join the ranks of electric utilitiesnturning to natural gas to replace coal-fired capacity destined fornretirement to meet Environmental Protection Agency rules.nIn a filing last week with the Public Service Commission, thenDuke Energy subsidiary said it may construct a natural gas-firednplant to replace 168 MW of capacity that would be lost if Unitn6 at the approximately 1,300-MW Miami Fort coal station innHamilton County, Ohio, is shuttered in 2015, as expected