# Lyon County, Kentucky: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Eddyville Lyon County is one of the places pushing back on the data center build-out. Lyon County is home to Eddyville and Kuttawa. The Moratorium Tracker holds 1 local measure here (1 in force); the latest is “Local moratorium on data centers for a stated term”. Construction employs 131, up 33.7% since 2019. 86 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly solar. Its power plants have 216 MW of capacity, 60% of it hydro. 216 MW of operating power plants, mostly hydro +0.8% total jobs since 2019, now 2,596 11.85¢ per kWh for Kentucky Utilities Co residential customers, 2024 ## Cities and towns in Lyon County Lyon County is home to Eddyville and Kuttawa. Eddyville2,306 residents Kuttawa663 residents Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Lyon County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Kentucky | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 8,673 | 9,123 | ▲ 5.2% | 101st of 120 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 2,575 | 2,596 | ▲ 0.8% | 81st of 120 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $32,663 | $49,147 | ▲ 50.5% | — | | Construction jobs (2019 → 2025) | 98 | 131 | ▲ 33.7% | 21st of 55 by growth | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 4.5% | 4.2% | ▼ 0.3pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 86 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | Kentucky Utilities Co is the largest utility serving Lyon County, one of 2 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 11.85¢/kWh in 2024, below the 13.21¢ median for Kentucky utilities. Employers here counted 2,596 jobs in 2025, up 0.8% from 2019. Unemployment was 4.2% in August 2026, against 4.5% in 2019. 9,123 people live here, up 5.2% since 2020. ## Who powers Lyon County ### Utilities with service territory in Lyon County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Kentucky Utilities Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 450,673 | 11.85¢ | 32% | | Kenergy Corp | Cooperative | Bundled | 47,292 | 15.15¢ | 6% | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Hydro | 130 MW | 60% | | Solar | 86 MW | 40% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Barkley | USCE-Nashville District | Hydro | 130 MW | 1966 | | Ashwood Solar I | RWE Clean Energy | Solar | 86 MW | 2026 | ## The Lyon County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 2,596 | $49,147 | 1.00 | | Construction | 131 | $63,660 | 0.95 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Lyon County ### Local measures | Measure | Status | Date | |---|---|---| | Local moratorium on data centers for a stated term | In force | 2026-08 | ## Lyon County and its neighbors Of the 5 counties that border Lyon County, Marshall County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Lyon County | 9,123 | ▲ 0.8% | 216 MW | — | — | 1 | | Caldwell County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kentucky/caldwell-county) | 12,609 | ▲ 12.1% | — | — | — | — | | Crittenden County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kentucky/crittenden-county) | 8,807 | ▼ 0.3% | — | — | — | — | | Livingston County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kentucky/livingston-county) | 8,863 | ▲ 35.9% | 76 MW | — | — | — | | Marshall County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kentucky/marshall-county) | 31,659 | ▲ 1.9% | 933 MW | — | 4 | — | | Trigg County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kentucky/trigg-county) | 14,512 | ▼ 4.0% | — | — | — | — | ## More of Kentucky [All Kentucky countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kentucky)[Marshall County31,659 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kentucky/marshall-county)[Trigg County14,512 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kentucky/trigg-county)[Caldwell County12,609 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kentucky/caldwell-county)[Livingston County8,863 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kentucky/livingston-county)[Crittenden County8,807 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kentucky/crittenden-county) ## Lyon County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Lyon County, Kentucky? 2 utilities have service territory in Lyon County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Kentucky Utilities Co, Kenergy Corp. The largest, Kentucky Utilities Co, charged residential customers 11.85¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What power plants are in Lyon County? 2 operating plants with 216 MW of capacity. The largest is Barkley (130 MW, hydro). ### Are there data centers in Lyon County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Lyon County. The nearest activity on record is next door in Marshall County. ### Is Lyon County adding jobs? Employers counted 2,596 jobs in 2025 against 2,575 in 2019 (+0.8%, BLS QCEW). Construction went from 98 to 131. ### Does Lyon County have a data center moratorium? The SAVRN Moratorium Tracker holds 1 local measure for Lyon County, 1 in force. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kentucky/lyon-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).