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Rendering Provided by GLEA uranium enrichment company has invited the public to attend a meeting Wednesday in Paducah to get a more in-depth look into what it plans to develop in far western Kentucky. -
Georgia Power/U.S. Department of EnergyCrowds packed three separate meeting rooms at West Kentucky Community & Technical College in Paducah Wednesday for the Public Service Commission’s hearing on nuclear power generation, part of a series of meetings taking place across the state this spring. Several people used the opportunity to publicly criticize a pair of nuclear projects underway in the area.
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Senate Bill 8 would limit the role of groups such as the Sierra Club in cases before the Kentucky Public Service Commission. -
The makeup of the Kentucky Public Service Commission, which regulates utility companies, would change and the governor’s appointment power would be weakened under Senate Bill 8. -
As the nuclear energy economy continues to accelerate across the United States, lawmakers in Kentucky are weighing a bill that would see the commonwealth invest tens of millions of dollars toward developing sites for reactors. -
An energy company is developing a $142 million facility in far western Kentucky that will take agricultural waste from local farms and businesses and convert it into a renewable form of natural gas. -
The Louisville Gas & Electric Mill Creek Generating Station was the backdrop for the Trump administration's announcement of its latest effort to boost declining coal generation by walking back Biden-era rules. -
Officials from McCracken County and the City of Paducah are encouraging the public to submit comments on a federal rule change that would allow some nuclear projects to bypass environmental reviews.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority has moved to strike language about renewable energy generation and diversity, equity and inclusion while reversing plans to retire aging coal power plants. -
With multiple nuclear facilities being built in the Bluegrass State, the Kentucky Public Service Commission has scheduled a series of public information meetings to hear what Kentuckians have to say about the industry’s potential impacts on their communities. -
CEO Scott Nolan said this federal funding will accelerate General Matter’s production scale by years, with the DOE award going toward construction and startup costs for the company's western Kentucky facility. -
The nuclear industry in the Bluegrass State took big strides in 2025, and the lawmaker who's helped lead the charge for nuclear power in Kentucky says he expects that momentum carry into 2026.
