Press releases

Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville receives $50,000 grant from LG&E to provide ENERGY STAR® housing
July 8, 2011
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville will dedicate its first ENERGY STAR®-qualified home...

LG&E, KU employees and families to pitch in for a statewide Day of Caring
June 13, 2011
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Good deeds will meet community needs on Saturday, June 18, when nearly 200 Louisville Gas and El...

LG&E, KU launch mobile app for near real-time outage information
June 4, 2011
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities are among a few utilities in the nation and t...

IVR Doctors and Market Strategies International honor LG&E and KU with awards in annual IVR/ASR energy industry benchmark report
May 31, 2011
Today, results of the Seventh Annual Energy Utility Benchmark Report on Interactive Voice Response/Automated Speech Reco...

LG&E, City of Bellemeade partner to beautify stretch of Shelbyville Road
May 27, 2011
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As part of its "Plant for the Planet" grants, Louisville Gas and Electric Company has ...

EPA-mandated environmental changes force LG&E, KU to request cost recovery
May 25, 2011
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In order to achieve compliance with new and pending mandated federal Environmental Protection Ag...

SERC's "President's Award" recognizes exceptional reliability and compliance commitment
April 29, 2011
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — SERC Reliability Corporation has awarded its inaugural "President's Award" to Loui...

LG&E, KU release contractor crews to assist other utilities in restoration efforts
April 28, 2011
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In the wake of a widespread severe storm event that ravaged parts of the South this week, Louisv...

LG&E, KU file new, expanded energy efficiency programs
April 19, 2011
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Residential and commercial customers of Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utiliti...

EPA names LG&E and KU a 2011 Partner of the Year
April 19, 2011
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company were one of 44 organizations ...

LG&E and KU recognize top-performing ENERGY STAR® New Homes Program partners
April 18, 2011
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A competitive trend is growing among local builders within the Commonwealth to earn the ENERGY S...

Raptor Rehab to release rehabilitated Red-tail Hawk today at LG&E's Mill Creek Station
April 12, 2011
WHAT: A rehabilitated Red-tail Hawk will be released back into the wild today after being nursed back to health. The ...