Louisville Gas & Electric
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Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E) is a utilities company based in Louisville, Kentucky. A subsidiary of E.ON US, LG&E serves over 350,000 electric and over 300,000 natural gas customers, covers an area of 700 square miles (1800 km²), and has a total regulated electric generation capacity of 3,514 megawatts.[1]
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[edit] History
LG&E was formed in 1838 as Louisville Gas and Water, but dropped its plans to provide water utilities in 1942 changing its name simply to Louisville Gas. In 1913, Louisville Gas, Louisville Lighting, and Kentucky Heating merged to form Louisville Gas & Electric. In 1998, LG&E acquired electricity provider Kentucky Utilities.[2]
In 1998, LG&E merged with Kentucky Utilities (KU) to form LG&E Energy. In 2000, LG&E Energy was bought by British utility company Powergen. In 2002, Powergen was bought by the German company E.ON. Finally, in 2003, LG&E Energy changed its name to E.ON US.
[edit] Generation
The current electric generating stations serving the region include three coal-fired plants (Trimble County, Mill Creek and Cane Run Stations), one natural gas/fuel oil combustion turbine, one hydroelectric plant (Ohio Falls Station), and two natural gas facilities (Muldraugh and Magnolia Compressor Stations).[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Data from E.ON U.S. (formerly LG&E Energy)
- ^ About LG&E
- ^ "LG&E Power Plant Information". http://www.eon-us.com/lge/lge_plant_info.asp. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
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