Big Sandy Coal Plant

Earthjustice successfully challenged a proposal to invest nearly a billion dollars in the Big Sandy Coal Plant in eastern Kentucky, leading to the plant's retirement in 2015 and a commitment to increase investment in energy efficiency.

• The Big Sandy Coal Plant, identified as one of the 50 dirtiest plants in the United States, was retired in 2015 following a lawsuit by Earthjustice. The lawsuit challenged a proposal by the plant's owners to spend nearly a billion dollars on the facility, a cost that would have been borne by Kentucky ratepayers.
• Following the plant's retirement, Earthjustice assisted in negotiating an agreement to double the owner's investment in energy efficiency and to assess the integration of clean energy into the plans for replacing the plant.

APA

Earthjustice (2021). Big Sandy Coal Plant. https://earthjustice.org/feature/landmark-cases/clean-energy/

Chicago

Earthjustice. Big Sandy Coal Plant. 2021. https://earthjustice.org/feature/landmark-cases/clean-energy/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Earthjustice |title=Big Sandy Coal Plant |date=15 September 2021 |url=https://earthjustice.org/feature/landmark-cases/clean-energy/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{earthjustice2021big, author = {{Earthjustice}}, title = {{Big Sandy Coal Plant}}, institution = {Earthjustice}, year = {2021}, month = sep, url = {https://earthjustice.org/feature/landmark-cases/clean-energy/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }