Kentucky · Investor Owned · investor
Louisville Gas & Electric Co Electricity Rates
Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.
- 12.28¢
- Avg residential price / kWh
- 384.9K
- Residential customers
- -4.0%
- vs Kentucky average
- $1,342
- Implied avg annual bill
Among 194 utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, Louisville Gas & Electric Co ranks #159 by average cents per kWh and #75 by residential customers. Louisville Gas & Electric Co charged an average of 12.28¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - close to the Kentucky average and far below the Form 861 US customer-weighted average.
San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count. Louisville Gas & Electric Co is investor owned - a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Its reported average residential price is close to the Kentucky customer-weighted average (-4.0%). Its customers used near the national residential norm at about 10,930 kWh a year each.
- San Diego Gas & Electric Co 43.63¢ · customers rank #90
- Florida Power & Light Co 5,236,277 customers · price rank #122
Highest average rate is not the most customers
Residential customers for the average-rate #1 and customers #1 utilities among 194 with 100,000 or more residential customers
- FL size
Florida Power & Light Co
5,236,277 residential customers
- CA rate 307,982
San Diego Gas & Electric Co
307,982 residential customers
What this shows San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count.
EIA Form 861 utility filing desk
Release KY-2024 · Louisville Gas & Electric Co NEAR STATE
Louisville Gas & Electric Co · Form 861 2024 · NEAR STATE
- RATE 12.28¢/kWh
- RANK #10/45
- VS-ST -4.0%
- VS-US -28.2%
- CUST 385k
- BILL $1,342
- OWN IOU
- PHOTO AR 0.03¢
- BOOK 75/194
Nearest Form 861 price peer: Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) (AR) (-0.03¢ gap)
EIA Form 861 residential filing stamps for this utility record. Read with this utility → · Kentucky rates
Louisville Gas & Electric Co in the Form 861 price neighbourhood
Average residential ¢/kWh among this utility and nearest indexable peers
- TX
Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc
12 ¢/kWh
- AR
Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR)
12 ¢/kWh
- this util
Louisville Gas & Electric Co
12 ¢/kWh
- TN
City of Chattanooga - (TN)
12 ¢/kWh
- LA
Cleco Power LLC
12 ¢/kWh
What this shows Louisville Gas & Electric Co reports 12.28¢/kWh, corpus customer-rank 75 of 194.
RateWatt cost context
How Louisville Gas & Electric Co compares on reported cost context
A weighted comparison, not a tariff quote, reliability grade, service-quality score, or recommendation. Lower price and lower implied annual bill score better against reporting utilities in Kentucky; the state generation context is shown separately.
- Price against state peers
- 80/100
- Implied annual bill against state peers
- 89/100
- State renewable generation context
- 14/100
12.28¢/kWh · median 13.21¢/kWh
$1,342/yr · median $1,647/yr
7.7% · median 22.8%
Weights: 50% price, 30% implied annual bill, 20% state renewable-generation context. Unreported inputs are excluded and the remaining weights are redistributed. Price and bill use EIA Form 861 (2024); generation context uses EIA state generation data (2025) and is not attributed to this provider.
Rate comparison
How this price compares
Ranked by price against the 45 utilities reporting residential rates in Kentucky, Louisville Gas & Electric Co comes 10th of 45. The state's range runs from City of Berea Municipal Utility at 9.04¢ to Grayson Rural Electric Coop Corp at 16.07¢, so where a household sits inside Kentucky depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.
Against the 3 other investor owned utilities reporting in Kentucky, whose customer-weighted average is 12.74¢, Louisville Gas & Electric Co is close to its own ownership class within the state (-3.6%).
State price distribution
Where Louisville Gas & Electric Co sits among Kentucky utilities
2024 average residential price across the 45 utilities reporting a rate in Kentucky
12.28¢/kWh Top 23% most affordable More affordable than 80% of 44 other utilities
average residential price, equal-width bands
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Louisville Gas & Electric Co | 12.28¢ | - |
| Kentucky (customer-weighted, 45 utilities) | 12.79¢ | -4.0% |
| US Form 861 customer-weighted average (1.5K utilities) | 17.11¢ | -28.2% |
| Investor Owned customer-weighted US avg (183 utilities) | 18.37¢ | -33.1% |
Rate against consumption: Kentucky utilities
Territory and usage
Scale and consumption
Louisville Gas & Electric Co reported 384.9K residential customers, ranking 2nd of 45 utilities in Kentucky by customers served and covering 18.8% of the state's reported residential customers.
Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 10,930 kWh per customer per year - -10.4% against the Kentucky median of 12,192 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,342.
State peers
Every utility reporting in Kentucky
All 45 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Kentucky, largest first, with Louisville Gas & Electric Co marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.
| Utility | Ownership | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Utilities Co | Investor Owned | 450.7K | 11.85¢ |
| Louisville Gas & Electric Co (this page) | Investor Owned | 384.9K | 12.28¢ |
| Duke Energy Kentucky | Investor Owned | 139.4K | 13.44¢ |
| Kentucky Power Co | Investor Owned | 130.9K | 15.07¢ |
| South Kentucky Rural E C C | Cooperative | 64.9K | 12.92¢ |
| Owen Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 64.0K | 12.55¢ |
| Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp | Cooperative | 60.7K | 11.98¢ |
| Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp | Cooperative | 60.6K | 12.32¢ |
| Salt River Electric Coop Corp | Cooperative | 53.5K | 10.88¢ |
| Jackson Energy Coop Corp - (KY) | Cooperative | 49.4K | 13.66¢ |
| Kenergy Corp | Cooperative | 47.3K | 15.15¢ |
| Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop | Cooperative | 40.6K | 13.16¢ |
| Nolin Rural Electric Coop Corp | Cooperative | 35.9K | 13.08¢ |
| West Kentucky Rural E C C | Cooperative | 32.1K | 13.46¢ |
| Meade County Rural E C C | Cooperative | 29.2K | 14.27¢ |
| City of Bowling Green - (KY) | Municipal | 27.2K | 11.48¢ |
| Inter County Energy Coop Corp - (KY) | Cooperative | 26.7K | 13.74¢ |
| Clark Energy Coop Inc - (KY) | Cooperative | 26.2K | 13.25¢ |
| Taylor County Rural E C C | Cooperative | 25.0K | 13.27¢ |
| Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp - (KY) | Cooperative | 24.9K | 13.08¢ |
| Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation | Cooperative | 24.0K | 15.64¢ |
| Fleming-Mason Energy Coop Inc | Cooperative | 23.7K | 13.05¢ |
| City of Owensboro - (KY) | Municipal | 23.3K | 13.42¢ |
| Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. | Cooperative | 22.5K | 12.87¢ |
| Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN) | Cooperative | 20.5K | 12.52¢ |
| City of Paducah - (KY) | Municipal | 18.9K | 15.55¢ |
| Shelby Energy Coop, Inc - (KY) | Cooperative | 17.4K | 13.21¢ |
| City of Frankfort - (KY) | Municipal | 17.2K | 11.23¢ |
| Licking Valley Rural E C C | Cooperative | 16.8K | 13.83¢ |
| Grayson Rural Electric Coop Corp | Cooperative | 14.4K | 16.07¢ |
| Big Sandy Rural Elec Coop Corp | Cooperative | 11.6K | 13.69¢ |
| Henderson City Utility Comm | Municipal | 10.3K | 10.84¢ |
| City of Hopkinsville | Municipal | 9.8K | 12.53¢ |
| Madisonville Municipal Utils | Municipal | 6.9K | 11.68¢ |
| City of Murray - (KY) | Municipal | 6.2K | 13.27¢ |
| City of Glasgow - (KY) | Municipal | 5.6K | 13.45¢ |
| City of Berea Municipal Utility | Municipal | 4.7K | 9.04¢ |
| City of Franklin - (KY) | Municipal | 4.6K | 12.92¢ |
| City of Mayfield Plant Board | Municipal | 4.3K | 13.37¢ |
| City of Russellville - (KY) | Municipal | 3.1K | 11.99¢ |
| Gibson Electric Members Corp | Cooperative | 2.5K | 13.33¢ |
| City of Benton - (KY) | Municipal | 1.9K | 14.07¢ |
| City of Jellico | Municipal | 1.8K | 13.11¢ |
| City of Fulton - (KY) | Municipal | 1.2K | 13.60¢ |
| City of Hickman | Municipal | 821 | 14.49¢ |
For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Kentucky.
Ownership class peers
Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices
Beyond Kentucky, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Louisville Gas & Electric Co in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.
| Utility | State | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleco Power LLC | Louisiana | 251.9K | 12.33¢ |
| PacifiCorp | Utah | 947.2K | 12.52¢ |
| Southwestern Electric Power Co | Texas | 156.3K | 12.03¢ |
| Evergy Missouri West | Missouri | 305.6K | 12.55¢ |
| Union Electric Co - (MO) | Missouri | 1.1M | 12.56¢ |
FAQ
Common questions about Louisville Gas & Electric Co rates
- How much does Louisville Gas & Electric Co charge per kWh?
- Louisville Gas & Electric Co reported an average residential price of 12.28¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.
- Is Louisville Gas & Electric Co expensive compared with the rest of Kentucky?
- Its average residential price is close to the Kentucky customer-weighted average of 12.79¢ per kWh, a difference of -4.0%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 45 utilities reporting residential service in Kentucky.
- What is the average electricity bill for Louisville Gas & Electric Co customers?
- Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 10,930 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,342 a year, or about $112 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
- Who owns Louisville Gas & Electric Co?
- EIA classifies Louisville Gas & Electric Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.
Limitations
What this page does and does not tell you
- An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
- Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.
See our methodology and comparing utility costs across states .
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.
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