LG&E/KU customers will pay more though not as much as utility wanted

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: February 18, 2026

Words: 831

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Kentucky’s utility regulator has granted the state’s largest electric utility an increase in its rates, though the increase was less than what the utility had requested.

Investor-owned Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities had asked the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) last year for an increase in rates for electricity and gas service, citing a need to receive adequate profits and to cover hundreds of millions of dollars of electric transmission upgrades and …

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