Big Rivers Signs 10-Year Power Supply Contract with KyMEA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:    July 28, 2016 Big Rivers Electric Corporation is proud to announce the finalization of a ten-year power supply contract with the Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency (KyMEA). Under the agreement authorized on July 13th, Big Rivers will provide between 75 and 100 megawatts (MW) beginning in June of 2019. The supply could alsoContinue Reading

Headquarters Earns 41st Governor’s Safety and Health Award for Big Rivers

  Big Rivers Electric Corp. in Henderson Presented Governor’s Safety and Health Award Employees worked 1,002,727 hours without a lost time injury or illness   Frankfort, Ky. (April 25, 2016) – Kentucky Labor Cabinet Deputy Secretary Mike Nemes visited the Big Rivers Electric Corporation in Henderson today to present a Governor’s Safety and Health Award forContinue Reading

Wilson Station Earns Big Rivers’ 40th Governor’s Safety and Health Award

BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPORATION-WILSON STATION PRESENTED GOVERNOR’S SAFETY AND HEALTH AWARD FRANKFORT, Ky. (Mar. 22, 2016) – Kentucky Labor Cabinet Secretary Derrick Ramsey announced today that the 100 employees of Big Rivers Electric Corporation–Wilson Station have earned a Governor’s Safety and Health Award for their 1.7 million hours of work without a lost time injury.Continue Reading

Sebree Station Earns Big Rivers 39th Governor’s Safety and Health Award

Big Rivers Sebree Station Works 2 Million Hours Without a Lost-Time Incident Earns 11th Governor’s Safety and Health Award, 39th Overall for Company ROBARDS, Ky. (Nov. 30, 2015) – Deputy Secretary Rocky Comito of the Kentucky Labor Cabinet today joined employees and officials in Robards to present the employees of Big Rivers Sebree Station withContinue Reading

An Inside Look at Sebree Station

On October 14th, state lawmakers, county judge-executives and economic developers had the opportunity to tour the Big Rivers Electric Corporation’s Sebree Station in Robards, KY. This video, produced by the Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives, provides a glimpse inside a working power plant.

Big Rivers Power Plants Win Operational Excellence Awards

HENDERSON, Ky. – Big Rivers Electric Corporation received national recognition for Operational Excellence of its D.B. Wilson Station, located in Ohio County, Ky., and the Henderson Power and Light (HMP&L) Station Two plant it operates in Henderson County, Ky. The D.B. Wilson Station placed runner-up in the 2015 Navigant Generation Knowledge Service (GKS) Operational ExcellenceContinue Reading