Business Demand Response

LG&E and KU’s Business Demand Response program provides a customized energy-reduction plan at no additional cost for our business customers, to help you reduce your facility’s energy load and earn monetary incentives in return. 

  • Reduce your energy load
  • Earn monetary incentives
  • Track energy usage with personalized web application
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Eligibility requirements

  • Must be paying into the LG&E or KU DSM mechanism.
  • Must have a minimum measured base demand of 200 kW or more over prior 12-month term.
  • New or expanding customer must have a minimum of 3 months of history showing an increase in the base demand of 200 kW or more.
  • Participating customers must commit to curtailing at least 50 kW per dispatch event.
  • Customers may not participate in both the Curtailable Service Rider and the Business Demand Response program.

Features and benefits

  • On-site metering and communications equipment is installed at each participating site which will help you monitor real-time energy usage.
  • Gain access to your own, near real-time, 5-minute interval meter data through a personalized online portal.
  • Customers may choose to receive a customized curtailment plan to maximize your opportunities to reduce energy usage while minimizing impacts on business operations.
  • A participant will receive an end-of-year incentive only if both of the following conditions are met: (1) a cycling event is called during and (2) the participant was enrolled in the program during at least one cycling event that season and successfully reduced load.
  • Help LG&E and KU manage high demand periods or maintaining system reliability. Cycling events could be called year-round.

How to Enroll

Interested in the Demand Response program? Give us a call to speak with a DSM/EE customer care representative.

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FAQs

Frequently asked questions and additional information.

Request information about Business Demand Response

My facility's monthly demand is less than 200 kW

Please visit the Demand Conservation page for small-to-medium sized customers for other options.

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My facility's monthly demand is greater than 200 kW

Participating customers must commit to curtailing at least 50 kW per dispatch event.

Call:

  • LG&E: 800-331-7370
  • KU: 859-367-1200

LG&E and KU Energy LLC reserves the right to revise program requirements and incentive levels at any time. Incentives are subject to availability.