The Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency (KYMEA) was thrilled to announce the official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Ashwood Solar I project, which took place on June 25, 2025. […]
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KYMEA Breaks Ground on Energy Center I RICE Power Plant Project
The Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency (KYMEA) today held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Energy Center I, a state-of-the-art RICE (Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine) power plant designed to deliver 75 net megawatts (MW) of capacity. […]
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KYMEA Welcomes Olive Hill as its Newest All Requirements Member
On March 27, 2025, KYMEA’s All Requirements (AR) Project Committee and Board of Directors voted to approve the City of Olive Hill’s (Olive Hill) request to become KYMEA’s newest AR member. […]
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KYMEA Welcomes Benham as its Newest All Requirements Member
On March 28, 2024, KYMEA’s All Requirements (AR) Project Committee and Board of Directors voted to
approve the Electric Plant Board of the City of Benham (Benham) request to become KYMEA’s newest AR
member. Benham joins the existing AR […]
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KYMEA Welcomes Berea as its Newest All Requirements Member
On February 22, 2024, KYMEA’s All Requirements (AR) Project Committee and Board of Directors voted to approve the City of Berea Municipal Utilities’ (Berea) request to become KYMEA’s newest AR member. […]
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KYMEA Board Approves COVID-19 Rate Relief Plan and Member Late Payment Protection Plan
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated economic hardships and uncertainties, the Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency (KYMEA) stands with its member communities by introducing the COVID-19 Rate Relief Plan (RRP) and the Member Late Payment Protection Plan (LPPP). For its upcoming fiscal year beginning July 1st, KYMEA approved a 4.19% reduction in member […]
Owensboro Utility signs 20-year solar deal
The City Utility Commission on Thursday signed an agreement that will supplement Owensboro Municipal Utilities’ energy portfolio with solar power for the first time in its history. According to a purchase power agreement OMU signed with Texas-based Open Road Renewables, about 5 percent of the city’s local energy will come from an 800-acre, 86-megawatt solar farm […]
OMU to consider KYMEA recommendation
Owensboro’s City Utility Commission is expected to consider a solar power supply recommendation on Thursday, Sept. 20, less than a month after the Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency approved its own measure to begin purchasing power from the state’s largest planned solar field in Lyon County near Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. Officials with […]
Western Kentucky to soak up the sun with state’s largest solar farm
Kentucky is about to catch some rays in a big way. A new solar farm coming to Western Kentucky in 2022 promises to be the state’s biggest — by a wide margin. Some 800 acres of solar panels are planned for Lyon County, just north of Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. At their […]
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KYMEA Board of Directors Approves Largest Solar Project in Kentucky
The Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency (KYMEA) and Ashwood Solar I, LLC, a joint venture between MAP® Energy and Open Road Renewables (ORR), executed an agreement on Thursday, August 23, 2018 to bring a new solar power plant to Kentucky. The plant will be located on approximately 800 acres in Western Kentucky and will be among […]
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