Greenup Hydroelectric Project
The Greenup Hydroelectric Plant, majority owned and operated by the City of Hamilton, is a 70.2-megawatt (MW) run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant providing renewable* generation to the region.
Greenup Hydroelectric Plant
The plant is a three-turbine, power plant and associated transmission facilities located on the Ohio River at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Greenup Locks and Dam, near the Village of Franklin Furnace, Ohio. Forty-seven American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) Member communities from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Virginia participate in the project.
The plant became operational in 1982.
Greenup by the Numbers
Participation
In connection with the development of the Meldahl Project, the City of Hamilton agreed to sell, and AMP agreed to purchase, a 48.6 percent undivided ownership interest in the Greenup Hydroelectric Plant. Hamilton retains title to a 51.4 percent ownership interest in Greenup. There are 47 AMP Member communities in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Virginia that participate in the Greenup Hydroelectric Project.
*Note that AMP, on behalf of its Members, sells all or a portion of the renewable energy certificates created by its renewable energy projects, power purchase agreements and joint ventures to help reduce its wholesale power costs.