A dedication ceremony was held Wednesday(7/12) morning at the newly constructed Paradise Combined Cycle Gas Power plant in Muhlenburg County.
The plant started producing electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes across Kentucky and Tennessee in April, generating up to 1,100 megawatts an hour, using natural gas turbines. TVA invested more than $1 billion in building the new plant. Bob Deacy, Senior V.P. of the Tennessee Valley Authority, says Paradise is the only plant with both natural gas and coal generators in use.
The new plant starts as a growing number of utility companies switch away from coal to other energy sources. Two of the paradise’s three coal powered units were retired earlier this year.
The combined cycle gas plant produced more than just electricity, it also produced jobs. TVA officials say nearly 800 jobs were produced in the two years in its construction.
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