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Louisville Gas & Electric

Utility company in Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E) is a utilities company based in Louisville, Kentucky. A subsidiary of PPL Corporation through the LG&E and KU Energy subsidiary, LG&E serves over 429,000 electric and over 333,000 natural gas customers, covers an area of 700 square miles (1800 km2), and has a total regulated electric generation capacity of 2,760 megawatts. The President is John R. Crockett III.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1838Founded1
  • HeadquartersLouisville1
  • Legal formCorporation (profit)3
  • LEIKO3GRIB3RPH1XDX50U723
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressC/O C T CORPORATION SYSTEM, 40601 Frankfort, United States3
  • Registered withBusiness Services (Office of the Secretary of State), 00321963

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Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E) is a utilities company based in Louisville, Kentucky. A subsidiary of PPL Corporation through the LG&E and KU Energy subsidiary, LG&E serves over 429,000 electric and over 333,000 natural gas customers, covers an area of 700 square miles (1800 km2), and has a total regulated electric generation capacity of 2,760 megawatts.2

Corporate structure

Louisville Gas & Electric is part of a group headed by PPL. 14 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • PPL Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
    • Louisville Gas & Electric Louisville, Kentucky, United States
    • CEP Reserves, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY Subsidiary · Lexington, Kentucky, United States
    • LG&E and KU Capital LLC Subsidiary · Kentucky, United States
    • LG&E and KU Energy LLC Subsidiary · Kentucky, United States
    • PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC. Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
    • PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION Subsidiary · Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
    • PPL Energy Funding Corporation Subsidiary · Pennsylvania, United States
    • PPL Energy Holdings, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • PPL Rhode Island Holdings, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • PPL Subsidiary Holdings, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • PPL UK MANAGEMENT PARTNERS Subsidiary · Bristol, United Kingdom
    • The Narragansett Electric Company Subsidiary · Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

How it started

History

LG&E was formed in 1838 as Louisville Gas and Water but dropped its plans to provide water utilities in 1842 changing its name simply to Louisville Gas. Louisville Gas and Water was originally formed by investors with the intention of providing gas-fired street lighting which had been mandated in order to help prevent crime.

In 1890 Louisville Gas amended its charter to buy stock in electric companies and acquired Louisville Electric light.

In 1913, Louisville Gas, Louisville Lighting, and Kentucky Heating merged to form Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E).

In 1979, the construction of Trimble Country electric generation station started.

In 1990, LG&E reorganized itself as a holding company LG&E Energy Corporation.

From Wikipedia’s article on Louisville Gas & Electric, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company (GLEIF)

Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by LG&E and KU Energy1

Timeline

  1. Jul 4, 1913Parent Directly consolidated by PPL3
  2. 1838Founded Founded1

Sources

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