AARP Kentucky Applauds Public Service Commission's LG&E-KU Rate Case Orders

AARP Kentucky Applauds LG&E-KU Rate Case Orders

Kentucky Public Service Commission Spares LG&E-KU Ratepayers from Higher Rates

LOUISVILLE, KY — AARP Kentucky commends the Public Service Commission (PSC) and all the intervening parties for lowering the LG&E-KU rate hike and securing a four year “Stay-Out” commitment from further base rate increases until July 1, 2025. AARP also applauds the PSC’s decision to not raise the basic monthly customer charge. The PSC’s previous approval of increasing such charges made controlling energy bills more difficult. Today’s order halts that trend.

When so many in our state are already struggling with the economic fallout of the pandemic, many could not have afforded the proposed 12 percent rate hike in their electric bills and a 9 percent increase on gas bills.  Over the last few months, AARP Kentucky mobilized its volunteers and grassroots network calling on Public Service Commission to carefully consider if the rate increase was “fair, just, and reasonable.”

More details available in Kentucky Public Service Commission Orders in LG&E/KU Case No. 020-00350 & 2020-00349. Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company, serve more than 1.3 million customers across more than 90 counties. LG&E serves 332,000 natural gas and 425,000 electric customers in Louisville and 16 surrounding counties. KU serves 564,000 electric customers in 77 Kentucky counties.

Download Full AARP Kentucky Statement (PDF)

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