Louisville Gas and Electric
Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) is a regulated electric and gas utility providing electric service to approximately 420,000 customers and natural gas service to approximately 340,000 customers in Louisville and surrounding areas of Kentucky, operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL). Together with its affiliated company Kentucky Utilities, LG&E forms the LG&E and KU Energy utilities that collectively serve approximately 1.3 million electric customers and 550,000 gas customers across Kentucky and Virginia. According to its website at lge-ku.com, LG&E is committed to delivering reliable, affordable, and increasingly clean energy to its Louisville area customers while investing in the grid infrastructure, clean energy resources, and operational capabilities required to serve the evolving energy needs of the Louisville metropolitan region.
LG&E's operations, described at lge-ku.com, encompass electric generation from a diverse fleet including coal, natural gas, hydroelectric, and renewable energy sources; electric transmission and distribution serving the Louisville metropolitan area; and natural gas distribution to residential, commercial, and industrial customers throughout its service territory. The utility's strategic priorities include significant investment in renewable energy — with solar and wind generation projects that are helping transform LG&E's generation mix toward cleaner resources — grid modernization including smart meter deployment and distribution automation, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure that supports Kentucky's participation in the growing EV market. LG&E's capital investment programs are approved through the Kentucky Public Service Commission rate-making process that provides the utility with a regulated return on its infrastructure investments.
LG&E's affiliation with PPL Corporation — which owns both LG&E and KU Energy in Kentucky and PPL Electric Utilities in Pennsylvania — provides the Louisville utility with the resources, operational expertise, and capital markets access of a major regulated utility holding company while enabling LG&E to maintain its distinctive Louisville community identity and local regulatory relationships. According to lge-ku.com, LG&E has served the Louisville community since 1838 — making it one of the oldest continuously operating utilities in the United States — and its more than 180-year history of providing energy service to Kentucky's largest city reflects its deep commitment to the Louisville community it serves. LG&E's combination of regulated Kentucky utility franchise, clean energy transition investment, PPL Corporation affiliation, and nearly two centuries of Louisville community service establishes it as a foundational participant in Kentucky's energy infrastructure.