Public Service Commission holding public meetings on Nuclear generation

The Kentucky Public Service Commission is holding public meetings across the state, including one in Paducah, to discuss, inform, and listen to citizens regarding nuclear generation.

The PSC is holding the meetings in accordance with a resolution passed in the 2024 General Assembly that requires them to “make all staffing, organizational, and administrative preparations necessary to be ready to discharge its regulatory duties relating to applications for the siting and construction of nuclear energy facilities in the Commonwealth.”

Kentucky Public Service Commission Chair Angie Hatton said, “As our nation struggles to keep up with rising demand for electricity, nuclear energy is increasingly seen as a reliable, dispatchable, clean energy source, and as such, is experiencing a resurgence in the United States. Recent technological advances have made nuclear energy potentially more affordable and attainable. However, the technology is still very expensive, and we want to make sure we examine all angles of this potential power source, including its impact on ratepayers, electric grid reliability, our environment, economic development and our workforce in Kentucky as we explore our options.”

As legislation moves through the Kentucky General Assembly, pushing the Commonwealth to the forefront of the nuclear sector, these meetings will give residents, businesses, and other stakeholders a chance to share concerns and ideas. The meeting in Paducah is on Wednesday night at 5 p.m. in the Emerging Technology Center on the West Kentucky Community and Technical College campus.


This is the list of all the public information meetings being held across Kentucky:

February 26, 2026, 5:00 pm EST
Morehead State University
Ronald G. Eaglin Space Science Center
235 Martindale Drive
Morehead, KY 40351

March 17, 2026, 5:00 pm EST
University of Louisville
J.B. Speed School of Engineering's Student Success & Research Building
201 Engineering Drive
Louisville, KY 40292

March 25, 2026, 5:00 pm EST
Bluegrass Community and Technical College, Newtown Campus
500 Newtown Pike
Lexington, KY 40508

April 1, 2026, 5:00 PM CST
Western Kentucky Community & Technical College
Emerging Technology Center
5100 Alben Barkley Drive
Paducah, KY 42001

April 6, 2026, 5:00 pm EXT
Northern Kentucky University
University Center
Budig Theatre
1 Nunn Drive
Highland Heights, KY 41099

 April 8, 2026, 5:30 pm CST
Western Kentucky University
Amy and David Chandler Hall
Houchens Industries Auditorium
410 Regents Ave
Bowling Green, KY 42101


Rendering courtesy of GE Vernova Hitachi. GE Vernova Hitachi’s BWRX-300 at TVA's Clinch River site in Tennessee is currently the only boiling water SMR design under development in the United States.
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