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E.ON U.S., a subsidiary of E.ON, owns and operates Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E), "a regulated utility that serves 318,000 natural gas and 390,000 electric customers in Louisville and 16 surrounding counties", and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU), a regulated electric utility in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A., that serves 518,000 customers in 77 Kentucky counties and five counties in Virginia."^[1] Louisville Gas and Electric Company and the Kentucky Utilities Company have, according to E.ON U.S., "a joint generation capacity of 7,600 MW" [megawatts].^[2]

E.ON U.S. also owns Western Kentucky Energy Corporation, which until July 2009 had been leasing and operating five coal-fired plants owned by Big Rivers Electric Corporation in Western Kentucky. ^[3] E.ON U.S. also has shareholdings in three Argentinian gas distribution companies.^[2]

Contents 1 Existing Coal Plants 2 Proposed Coal Plants 3 Affiliations 4 Lobbyists 5 E.ON makes EPA list of 44 "high hazard" coal ash dumps 6 Contact Details 7 Articles and resources 7.1 Related SourceWatch Articles 7.2 References 7.3 External articles

Existing Coal Plants

E.ON U.S. owns several coal-fired power stations operated by its subsidiaries LG&E and KU:

Plant	State	Year(s) Built	Capacity
Cane Run Station	KY	1962, 1966, 1969	645 MW
Mill Creek Station	KY	1972, 1974, 1978, 1982	1,717 MW
Trimble County Generating Station	KY	1990	566 MW
Roanoke Valley Energy Facility	NC	1994, 1995	240 MW
E.W. Brown Generating Station	KY	1957, 1963, 1971	739 MW
Ghent Generating Station	KY	1974, 1977, 1981, 1984	2,226 MW
Green River Generating Station	KY	1954, 1959	189 MW
Tyrone Generating Station	KY	1953	75 MW

Proposed Coal Plants

• Trimble County Generating Station 2, a proposed new plant at the existing Trimble County Generating Station.
• FutureGen, a proposed 275 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Mattoon, Illinois which would trial the use of Carbon Capture and Storage technology. The plant is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and 11 coal and energy companies, including E.ON.

Affiliations

E.ON US is a member of:

• the American Coal Council^[4]
• American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity^[5]

Lobbyists

E.ON U.S. spent $90,000 on the services of the C2 Group, LLC, in 2008. C2 lobbyists working on the account were G. Hunter Bates, John Cline, Thomas Crawford, Lesley Elliott, Michael Hanson and Nelson Litterst.^[6]

E.ON Climate and Renewables spent $20,000 on the services of Alston & Bird, LLP in the second quarter of 2008. The registered lobbyist working on the account was Jon Chase.^[7]

E.ON makes EPA list of 44 "high hazard" coal ash dumps

In response to demands from environmentalists as well as Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California), chair of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works, the EPA made public a list of 44 "high hazard potential" coal waste dumps. The rating applies to sites at which a dam failure would most likely cause loss of human life, but does not include an assessment of the likelihood of such an event. Kentucky has 6 sites, all of which are owned by E.ON subsidiaries.^[8]

The following table is derived from EPA's official list of Coal Combustion Residue (CCR) Surface Impoundments with High Hazard Potential Ratings. To see the full list of sites, see Coal waste.^[9]

Company	Facility Name	Unit Name	Location
E.ON-owned Kentucky Utilities Company	E.W. Brown Generating Station	Auxiliary Pond	Harrodsburg, KY
E.ON-owned Kentucky Utilities Company	E.W. Brown Generating Station	Ash Pond	Harrodsburg, KY
E.ON-owned Kentucky Utilities Company	Ghent Generating Station	Gypsum Stacking Facility	Ghent, KY
E.ON-owned Kentucky Utilities Company	Ghent Generating Station	Ash Pond Basin 1	Ghent, KY
E.ON-owned Kentucky Utilities Company	Ghent Generating Station	Ash Pond Basin 2	Ghent, KY
E.ON-owned Louisville Gas & Electric Co	Cane Run Station	Ash Pond	Louisville, KY

Contact Details

Website: http://www.eon-us.com/home.asp

Articles and resources

Related SourceWatch Articles

• Kentucky and coal
• United States and coal
• Global warming
• E.ON

References

1. ↑ "About E.ON U.S.", E.ON U.S. website, accessed June 2009.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Company Profile", E.ON U.S. website, accessed June 2009.
3. ↑ "Unwind of lease agreements completed between Big Rivers, E.ON U.S." Big Rivers Website, July 16, 2009.
4. ↑ American Coal Council, "Coal Consumers", American Coal Council website, accessed June 2009.
5. ↑ American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, "ACCCE Members", American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity website, accessed June 2009.
6. ↑ "E. On U.S", Center for Public Integrity, accessed September 2009.
7. ↑ "E.On Climate and Renewables", Center for Public Integrity, accessed September 2009.
8. ↑ Shaila Dewan, "E.P.A. Lists ‘High Hazard’ Coal Ash Dumps," New York Times, June 30, 2009.
9. ↑ Fact Sheet: Coal Combustion Residues (CCR) - Surface Impoundments with High Hazard Potential Ratings, Environmental Protection Agency, June 2009.

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