LG&E electric rates and bills in Louisville
LG&E's 388,146 residential customers in Kentucky paid an average of 12.42¢ per kWh in 2025, for an average bill of $116.37 a month on 937 kWh.1 Over the last 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) the average was 13.33¢, and 12.85¢ in August 2026.2
EIA-861 2025 final (released October 7, 2026) and EIA's monthly utility survey through August 2026 (preliminary); next monthly update expected November 24, 2026. Averages are revenue divided by kWh, all charges included: not the rate printed in a tariff.
9 of 120 Kentucky counties served (EIA-861 2025)
LG&E's homes have the smallest average bill of Kentucky's four large utilities, $116.37 a month in 2025, because they use less electricity than the Kentucky average. The price has since moved up: 12.42¢ per kWh1 in 2025, but 13.33¢ per kWh2 over the 12 months to August 2026, which include the first months under the rates the state approved in February 2026.
LG&E's price per kWh: annual, 12-month and monthly
Louisville Gas and Electric Company, LG&E, sold electricity to 388,146 residential customers in Kentucky in 2025, 18.8%1 of the state's homes and the second-largest count after Kentucky Utilities. Three EIA figures describe what those customers paid, and each covers a different period:
| Period | Average residential price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Calendar year 2025 | 12.42¢ per kWh1 | EIA-861, final |
| 12 months, September 2025 to August 2026 | 13.33¢ per kWh | EIA-861M, 2026 months preliminary |
| August 20263 only | 12.85¢ per kWh2 | EIA-861M, preliminary |
None of the three is a tariff line. Each divides the money LG&E billed residential customers by the kWh they used, so the customer charge, fuel adjustment and riders sit inside the average alongside the energy charge. A small apartment with low use ends up paying more per kWh than the average, since its fixed monthly charge is divided among fewer kWh; a large house pays less.
On the 2025 figure, LG&E was the 6th lowest of the 32 Kentucky utilities with 10,000 or more residential customers and 5.4% below the Kentucky average. Among the 177 US utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers it ranked 21st lowest of 177, and it sat 30.1% below the national average for investor-owned utilities. Kentucky Utilities, its sister company and partner in the 2025 rate cases, averaged slightly less, 11.90¢ per kWh1.
The smallest bill among Kentucky's large utilities
LG&E's homes used 937 kWh a month on average in 2025, against 1,094 kWh for Kentucky as a whole, a state that ranks 7th highest for use per home. With both a lower price and lower use than the state average, the average LG&E bill was $116.37, against $143.724 statewide, $138.47 at Kentucky Utilities, $128.35 at Duke Energy Kentucky and $196.991 at Kentucky Power.
Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.
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| Utility | average monthly residential bill |
|---|---|
| LG&E (KY) | $116.37 |
| Duke Energy Kentucky (KY) | $128.35 |
| Kentucky Utilities (KY) | $138.47 |
| Kentucky Power (KY) | $196.99 |
From 2024 to 2025, the bill rose from $111.87 to $116.37 (+4.0%). Price contributed little, a 1.1% rise from 12.28¢ per kWh; most of the change came from use, which went from 911 kWh5 to 937 kWh1 a month. Over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026 the pattern reversed: use held at 930 kWh a month while the average bill reached $123.972, because the price per kWh was higher.
The February 2026 rate order
LG&E's electric and gas base rates were last reset by the Kentucky Public Service Commission in a rate case filed in 2025. The commission's February 16, 2026 announcement says the commission approved, with modifications, a settlement between LG&E, KU and several intervening parties, giving residential electric customers a smaller increase than LG&E had applied for and raising residential gas rates in the same order. The commission rejected the proposed sharing mechanism, which would have adjusted revenue to keep the companies' return on equity within a set range, and modified a proposed generation cost rider. The case file holds the order, the approved rates and an August 14, 2026 order that ruled on the companies' petition for reconsideration, granting some points and denying others.
EIA's 2025 average predates those rates. The monthly survey covers them in part: the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026 averaged 13.33¢ per kWh, and August 2026 came in at 12.85¢ per kWh, +5.9%2 on August 2025. Kentucky's statewide residential average rose 5.3%3 over the same comparison. Fuel adjustments and riders change month to month, so a single month is a reading rather than a trend; EIA's next monthly release is due November 24, 2026.
Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential revenue divided by kWh in each month, as reported to EIA's monthly survey (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary).
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| Month | LG&E (¢/kWh) | kWh per customer | Bill per customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | 12.13¢ | 1,154 | $139.94 |
| February 2025 | 12.56¢ | 838 | $105.24 |
| March 2025 | 12.94¢ | 726 | $93.91 |
| April 2025 | 13.08¢ | 681 | $89.01 |
| May 2025 | 12.90¢ | 745 | $96.06 |
| June 2025 | 11.96¢ | 1,159 | $138.62 |
| July 2025 | 11.77¢ | 1,487 | $175.03 |
| August 2025 | 12.13¢ | 1,165 | $141.31 |
| September 2025 | 12.50¢ | 884 | $110.51 |
| October 2025 | 13.11¢ | 725 | $95.11 |
| November 2025 | 12.97¢ | 687 | $89.16 |
| December 2025 | 12.38¢ | 990 | $122.57 |
| January 2026 | 14.65¢ | 1,116 | $163.42 |
| February 2026 | 13.24¢ | 847 | $112.09 |
| March 2026 | 14.28¢ | 717 | $102.45 |
| April 2026 | 14.13¢ | 684 | $96.59 |
| May 2026 | 13.88¢ | 774 | $107.42 |
| June 2026 | 13.25¢ | 1,092 | $144.73 |
| July 2026 | 13.13¢ | 1,371 | $179.95 |
| August 2026 | 12.85¢ | 1,272 | $163.40 |
The guide to electric rate increases explains how base rates, fuel clauses and riders each reach a bill.
July bills, not January bills
Over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, use per LG&E home peaked at 1,371 kWh in July 2026, with an average bill of $179.95. The low month was April 2026, at 684 kWh and $96.59. Kentucky Utilities, which serves much of the rest of the state, peaked in winter over the same 12 months, at 1,853 kWh in January 20262, so the two sister utilities' customers face their largest bills in opposite seasons.
Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility. kWh per residential customer in each month (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary). The table adds the average bill and price for the month.
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| Month | kWh per customer | Bill per customer | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 884 | $110.51 | 12.50¢ |
| October 2025 | 725 | $95.11 | 13.11¢ |
| November 2025 | 687 | $89.16 | 12.97¢ |
| December 2025 | 990 | $122.57 | 12.38¢ |
| January 2026 | 1,116 | $163.42 | 14.65¢ |
| February 2026 | 847 | $112.09 | 13.24¢ |
| March 2026 | 717 | $102.45 | 14.28¢ |
| April 2026 | 684 | $96.59 | 14.13¢ |
| May 2026 | 774 | $107.42 | 13.88¢ |
| June 2026 | 1,092 | $144.73 | 13.25¢ |
| July 2026 | 1,371 | $179.95 | 13.13¢ |
| August 2026 | 1,272 | $163.40 | 12.85¢ |
LG&E also distributes natural gas in Louisville and surrounding counties under separate gas rates, according to the commission's announcement. EIA's electricity data do not show how each home heats or cools, so they describe the summer peak without explaining it. In the latest 12 months, the cooling season brought LG&E households their largest electric bills.
Louisville and the surrounding counties: a shared map
EIA's 2025 service-territory records place LG&E in 9 counties: Bullitt County, Hardin County, Henry County, Jefferson County, Meade County, Oldham County, Shelby County, Spencer County and Trimble County. In all 96 of them, at least one other utility also reports customers, so neither a county nor a city name settles which company serves a home: the street address on LG&E's service map does. Kentucky has no residential retail choice (EIA counted no residential customers with an alternative supplier in 2025), so the utility at an address is also the one that sells the power.
Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 9 counties. Counts whole counties even where the utility serves only part of one; check the utility's own service-area map for an address.
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| County | Other utilities reporting service |
|---|---|
| Bullitt County | Kentucky Utilities, Salt River Electric Cooperative Corp, Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corp |
| Hardin County | Kentucky Utilities, Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corp, Meade County Rural E C C, Farmers Rural Electric Cooperative Corp |
| Henry County | Kentucky Utilities, Blue Grass Energy Cooperative Corp, Shelby Energy Cooperative |
| Jefferson County | Salt River Electric Cooperative Corp, Shelby Energy Cooperative |
| Meade County | Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corp, Meade County Rural E C C |
| Oldham County | Kentucky Utilities, Shelby Energy Cooperative |
| Shelby County | Kentucky Utilities, Blue Grass Energy Cooperative Corp, Salt River Electric Cooperative Corp, City of Frankfort, Shelby Energy Cooperative |
| Spencer County | Kentucky Utilities, Blue Grass Energy Cooperative Corp, Salt River Electric Cooperative Corp, Shelby Energy Cooperative |
| Trimble County | Kentucky Utilities, Shelby Energy Cooperative |
Electric cooperatives averaged 13.60¢ per kWh for Kentucky residential customers in 2025 and municipal and other public utilities 12.82¢ per kWh, against 12.42¢ per kWh1 at LG&E.
Fewer outage minutes than the state average
LG&E customers were without power for 228 minutes on average in 2025, including major event days, fewer than the Kentucky average of 408 minutes. Excluding major event days, the average was 94 minutes, and customers had 1.18 interruptions each on average, both measured under IEEE 1366. Kentucky ranked 9th highest8 among the states on outage minutes that year. The all-events figure depends on each year's major storms and can swing from one year to the next.
Source: EIA-861 2025, reliability. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.
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| Utility | outage minutes per customer (all events) |
|---|---|
| Duke Energy Kentucky (KY) | 184 |
| Kentucky Utilities (KY) | 197 |
| LG&E (KY) | 228 |
| Kentucky Power (KY) | 911 |
Smart meters, time-of-use and rooftop solar
By EIA's 2025 count, 94.0% of LG&E's residential meters were advanced meters able to record hourly use. Time-of-use billing remains rare: 149 residential customers were enrolled, which rounds to 0.0%9. How a time-varying rate shifts a bill is covered in the time-of-use guide.
LG&E reported 3,337 net-metered residential solar installations with 26.2 megawatts of capacity, 8.6 per 1,000 customers, against 5.79 at Kentucky Utilities. The credit for exported power is in LG&E's tariff; the net metering guide explains the mechanics.
Business customers and help paying
LG&E's 52,571 commercial customers paid 11.46¢ per kWh on average in 2025, with an average monthly bill of $856.51. Its 550 industrial accounts paid 7.75¢ per kWh. Across all customer classes the average was 11.08¢ per kWh1.
For fiscal year 2026, the federal LIHEAP program allocated $56.5 million10 to Kentucky for home energy assistance, and LG&E customers who qualify apply through it like any other Kentucky household. Other sources of help are in the bill assistance guide; Kentucky's state page sets LG&E beside every large utility in the state.
LG&E rates: common questions
What is LG&E's rate per kWh?
Residential customers paid an average of 12.42¢ per kWh1 in 2025 (EIA-861) and 13.33¢ per kWh2 over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026 (EIA-861M, 2026 months preliminary). Both are total residential revenue divided by kWh, so the customer charge, fuel adjustment and riders are inside them. The energy charge in LG&E's tariff is a narrower number and looks lower.
Did LG&E raise electric rates in 2026?
Yes. The Kentucky Public Service Commission's final order in LG&E's rate case, issued on February 16, 2026, approved a modified settlement with a smaller residential electric increase than LG&E had requested, and raised its gas rates in the same order. In August 20263, LG&E's residential average was 12.85¢ per kWh, +5.9%2 against the same month a year earlier (preliminary).
How much is the average LG&E electric bill?
$116.37 a month in 2025 for 937 kWh1, and $123.97 over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. Summer bills are the largest: $179.95 on average in July 2026, against $89.16 in November 20252.
Does LG&E have time-of-use rates?
LG&E reported a time-of-use program to EIA for 2025, with 149 residential customers enrolled, which rounds to 0.0%9 of its homes. The hours and prices are set in LG&E's tariff on file with the Kentucky Public Service Commission.
Related pages
Sources
- EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; table sales_ult_cust_2025 and _2026; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state; table sales_revenue.xlsx (EPM Table 5.6.A); January 2001 to 2026-08; months since January 2026 preliminary; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state; table Average_Bill_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2024; 2024, final (file updated December 3, 2025); released December 3, 2025. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, service territory; table Service_Territory_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties; table cb_2025_us_county_5m; cb_2021_us_county_5m; 2025 (2021 for Connecticut). www.census.gov
- EIA-861 2025, reliability; table Reliability_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, advanced meters, dynamic pricing and net metering; table Advanced_Meters, Dynamic_Pricing, Net_Metering 2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- HHS, LIHEAP funding releases to states; table FY2027 first release; FY2026 final; FY2027 first release (October 9, 2026); FY2026 total; released October 9, 2026. acf.gov
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