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​​UK exec with ties to McConnell, electric co-ops will help lead KY energy planning board

Eric King, photographed on May 20, 2021, will be executive director of an energy planning commission created by the legislature in 2024. (Photo by Pete Comparoni, University of Kentucky) An executive at the University of Kentucky with connections to Sen. Mitch McConnell and Kentucky’s electric cooperatives will help lead a commission created by Kentucky lawmakers to review requests from utilities to retire fossil fuel-fired power plants.  The En…

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kentuckylantern.com broke the news in on Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
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