Mill Creek Generating Station

{{Infobox power station

| name = Mill Creek Generating Station

| image = Mill Creek Power Plant.jpeg

| image_caption = Mill Creek's steam stacks viewed from the Farnsley Morman House

| country = United States

| location = Louisville, Kentucky

| coordinates = {{coord|38.05|N|85.91|W|region:US-KY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| owner = Louisville Gas & Electric

| status =

| th_fuel_primary = Bituminous coal

| ps_cooling_source = Ohio River

| ps_combined_cycle =

| ps_units_operational = 4

| ps_electrical_capacity = 1,717 MW

| commissioned = 1972

| decommissioned =

}}

The Mill Creek Generating Station is a coal-fired power plant owned and operated by Louisville Gas & Electric in the Kosmosdale neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. It is located on 544 acres in southwest Louisville, about 20 miles from downtown.

Construction on the plant began in 1968 to meet growing energy demand in the Louisville area, according to the utility.{{Cite web |title=Mill Creek Generating Station {{!}} LG&E and KU |url=https://lge-ku.com/our-company/community/neighbor-neighbor/mill-creek-generating-station |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=lge-ku.com |language=en}} Unit 1 went into service by 1972, unit 2 by 1974, unit 3 by 1978, and unit 4 in 1982.

Mill Creek Generating Station is LG&E's largest coal-fired power plant. It consumes about 4.8 million tons of fuel annually.

In 2024, the utility began construction on a 640-megawatt natural gas combined-cycle generating unit at the plant, expected to begin operations in 2027.{{Cite web |title=LG&E and KU officially break ground on Mill Creek 5 {{!}} LG&E and KU |url=https://lge-ku.com/newsroom/press-releases/2024/11/13/lge-and-ku-officially-break-ground-mill-creek-5 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=lge-ku.com |language=en}}