ForestOp · MAP-03 · KY Datacenter & Energy Burden

SOURCE

EIA Form 860 · DOE LEAD · KY-PSC dockets · PJM queue (2026-Q1)

Census ACS 5-yr · DOE LEAD energy-burden CY2024

LAYERS

1·BASE 2·ENERGY-BURDEN 3·DATACENTER 4·CORRIDORS 5·RETIRE 6·TITLE-VI

ENERGY BURDEN · % HOUSEHOLD INCOME ON ENERGY

<3% 3–5% 5–7% 7–10% >10%

SCALE

50 mi

DATACENTER LOAD · ANNOUNCEDMW · 2026 Q1

Oldham/Jefferson cluster~1,100 MW

Boone/Kenton (Northern KY)~720 MW

Fayette/Scott (Bluegrass)~410 MW

McCracken (Paducah)~280 MW

Total announced (KY)~2,510 MW

vs CY2024 statewide peak≈22% additional load

ENERGY-BURDEN HOTSPOTSDOE LEAD · 80% AMI

COAL-RETIRE EXPOSURE2025–2030

EW Brown (LG&E/KU)retire 2027

Mill Creek 1–2 (LG&E)retire 2027–28

Ghent 2 (KU)retire 2028

Shawnee (TVA, KY-adj)partial retire

Replacement plan tiltgas + solar + DR

FORESTOP RECOMMENDATIONCHIMS · CIVIC LANE

Load-growth + retire stack threatens 8–12% rate uplift by 2028 absent intervention.
Datacenter siting near existing transmission + behind-the-meter solar/storage could absorb ~600 MW without legacy uplift.
Title VI overlay required on every PSC docket — CHIMS auto-flag proposed.

Datacenter announced load

2,510 MW

≈22% of CY2024 KY peak

Coal retire 2025–2030

3.4 GW

LG&E/KU + AEP-KY portion

Median burden · SE coalfield

11.4%

2.7× state median

Title VI tracts intersected

312

retire + burden + air

Net-new transmission queued

~640 mi

PJM/MISO 2026Q1 queue