Electricity rates — Louisville Gas & Electric Co
Louisville Gas & Electric Co's customers paid 12.3¢ per kWh in 2024, riders included (EIA-861): about $112 a month for 911 kWh. Residential Time-of-Day Energy Service, the lowest of 2 open plans at 1,000 kWh a month, comes to $1,501 a year, at the typical hour-by-hour use of homes in Kentucky. Schedule retrieved October 8, 2026.
Every priced Louisville Gas & Electric Co plan, 1,000 kWh/mo
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Time-of-Day Energy Service✓ cheapesttime-of-use · in effect since December 2025 | $1,500.52 | — | 12.5¢ |
| RS - Residential Serviceflat rate · in effect since December 2025 | $1,519.71 | +$19.19 | 12.7¢ |
| Priced but not ranked — restricted, older, or not verifiable as a bill | |||
| Residential Time-of-Day Demand Servicedemand charge · in effect since December 2025 · billed on peak kW, which monthly use cannot price; not ranked | $1,162.23 | −$338.29 | 9.7¢ |
Price Louisville Gas & Electric Co’s plans at your own usage
The cheapest Louisville Gas & Electric Co plan at each level of use
- 500 kWh/mo — cheapest $887.15 (Residential Time-of-Day Energy Service), dearest $896.77, a $9.62 spread
- 1,000 kWh/mo — cheapest $1,500.52 (Residential Time-of-Day Energy Service), dearest $1,519.71, a $19.19 spread
- 2,000 kWh/mo — cheapest $2,727.32 (Residential Time-of-Day Energy Service), dearest $2,765.67, a $38.35 spread
What Louisville Gas & Electric Co's customers were billed in 2024
Priced at 911 kWh a month, what Louisville Gas & Electric Co's customers used on average, its open plans come within 4% of what EIA reports they were billed in 2024: the plans here describe its bills well.
| Ownership, as EIA classes it | Investor-owned |
|---|---|
| Full-service homes in Kentucky | 384,902 |
| Share of Kentucky's households | 19% |
| Average use per home | 911 kWh a month |
| Average bill per home | $111.87 a month |
| Billed per kWh, riders included | 12.3¢ |
| Median open plan here, at that use | 12.8¢ |
Louisville Gas & Electric Co in U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, 2024 (Sales_Ult_Cust_2024.xlsx), retrieved September 23, 2026.
How the RS - Residential Service bill at 1,000 kWh has moved since 2014
Louisville Gas & Electric Co's RS - Residential Service cost $97.19 a month under its January 2014 version and costs $126.64 under its December 2025 one, 30% more. Its biggest single step, in October 2022, added $20.05 (19%). In Kentucky, EIA's average price rose 30% between 2014 and 2025.
Every version of RS - Residential Service
| Took effect | At 1,000 kWh | Change | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | $126.64 | +$1.87 (+1.5%) | URDB |
| February 2023 | $124.77 | +$0.66 (+0.5%) | URDB |
| October 2022 | $124.11 | +$20.05 (+19.3%) | URDB |
| January 2019 | $104.06 | −$7.78 (−7.0%) | URDB |
| April 2018 | $111.84 | +$6.47 (+6.1%) | URDB |
| March 2017 | $105.37 | +$14.88 (+16.4%) | URDB |
| July 2016 | $90.49 | −$6.70 (−6.9%) | URDB |
| January 2014 | $97.19 | First on record | URDB |
In the guides: Why electricity rates change
How it compares
Among the 100 utilities indexed, Louisville Gas & Electric Co's cheapest open plan is the 15th-lowest, 20% less than their median of $1,877.14. It sits between Southwestern Electric Power Co (Texas) ($1,499.52) and City of Huntsville, Alabama (Utility Company) ($1,516.56).
No other utility indexed in Kentucky has a cheaper open plan; the other one starts higher.
Its fixed charge, $22.81 a month on Residential Time-of-Day Energy Service, is higher than on the cheapest plan of 84 of the other 99 utilities.
None of Louisville Gas & Electric Co's plans open to any household has a tiered step or a seasonal price in this data: a kWh costs the same however much is used and whatever the month.
In the guides: What a bill costs before a single kilowatt-hour
Cheapest 3 plans at 1,000 kWh a month
Residential Time-of-Day Energy Service — $1,500.52 a year, 12.5¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use. It carries a $0.75 daily standing charge. In effect since December 2025.
RS - Residential Service — $1,519.71 a year, 12.7¢ per kWh effective, flat rate. It carries a $0.75 daily standing charge. In effect since December 2025.
Residential Time-of-Day Demand Service — $1,162.23 a year, 9.7¢ per kWh effective, demand-charged. It carries a $0.75 daily standing charge. In effect since December 2025. Not ranked: it bills on peak demand, which monthly use cannot price.
How Louisville Gas & Electric Co's plans are structured
Of 3 priceable plans: 1 time-of-use, 1 with demand charges, 1 flat-rate.
Every plan carries a $22.50 fixed monthly charge.
Louisville Gas & Electric Co's published schedules
EIA-861 lists Louisville Gas & Electric Co serving homes in Kentucky and in no other state, which is how its plans are placed there. 3 of its 3 published residential schedules can be priced.
When Louisville Gas & Electric Co's time-of-use plans charge most
Residential Time-of-Day Energy Service charges 18.0¢ a kWh weekdays 6 am to 10 am and 6 pm to 10 pm, November to March; and weekdays 1 pm to 5 pm, April to October, against 8.4¢ in its cheapest hours; those dearest hours are 17% of the year. Homes in Kentucky typically put 19% of their electricity in them (NREL ResStock).
In the guides: Time-of-use plans, hour by hour