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Coal Facts

Kentucky Coal Facts is produced by the Office of Energy Policy in partnership with the Kentucky Coal Association​.

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Kentucky Energy Profile

The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet and the Office of Energy Policy offer the Kentucky Energy Profile to provide an overview of energy consumption and production within the Commonwealth, to serve as an impartial point of reference for the general public, researchers, and policy makers, and to serve as a foundation for discussing Kentucky’s energy future.

Southern States Energy Board Regional Profiles

Every two years, the team at the Office of Energy Policy produces the Southern States Energy Board Regional Profiles : a comprehensive report on the Southeast's energy landscape

Distributed Energy Resources

Data collected from Kentucky's regulated utilities, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and municipal utilities. This data includes net metering and other non net-metered renewable systems and excludes utility owned projects.

Microgrids and Resilience in Kentucky

The Office of Energy Policy partnered with the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) to conduct a study to identify opportunities for deploying microgrids to increase the overall resilience for the state of Kentucky.

Kentucky Solar Tool Kit

Solar projects have continued to grow across the Commonwealth and our Office has designed this toolkit to answer frequently asked questions from developers to local governments and everyone in between.

Solar Site Suitability Tool

This is the platform for exploring solar site suitability across Kentucky including identifying potential opportunities with previous lands used for mining

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Coal Education Funding

For many years, the Energy and Environment Cabinet, Office of Energy Policy (OEP) has received funds to provide coal education in Kentucky.  Pursuant to KRS 132.020(5) a portion of the funding from the un-mined minerals tax collected each year was to be credited to the OEP for the purpose of public education of coal-related issues, specifically $400,000 each year.

We believe it is important to provide your organization an update on the coal education program status now rather than wait.  Based on the amount of funds deposited into the agency's account, and anticipated revenues between now and the close of the fiscal year, funding will not be available to open an application solicitation for the coal education grants for the fiscal year 2021 beginning in July. Therefore, no awards for the next fiscal year are being considered at this time. 

If the projections are inaccurate and funds are made available, OEP will notify interested parties and post information on the appropriate social media concerning application submittals.  However, at this time, OEP does not believe funds will be available.

If you have any questions, please contact Lona Brewer with the Office of Energy Policy, Lona.Brewer@ky.gov or (502)782-6899.