Who owns Kentucky Utilities?
Kentucky Utilities is owned by PPL (the United States, NYSE: PPL).[1]
Evidence: PPL Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-20, SEC EDGAR, 20 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- PPL Corporation verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Allentown
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Energy › Power & utilities › Electric utilities
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: PPL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Kentucky Utilities
Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) is a regulated utility owned through LKE, which PPL's 2025 10-K describes as its subsidiary and the parent of LG&E and KU.
What PPL's annual report says about Kentucky Utilities
Sentences about Kentucky Utilities from PPL's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
As of January 30, 2026, LG&E and KU Energy LLC held all 37,817,878 outstanding common shares, no par value, of Kentucky Utilities Company.
How often PPL names Kentucky Utilities in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
Ownership timeline of Kentucky Utilities
Where Kentucky Utilities sits in PPL
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by PPL
PPL controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in energy.
Also in energy
Other brands in electric utilities, and who owns them
The 47 brands in electric utilities on Brandtree belong to 30 owners. The largest is Exelon, with 6; PPL has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic City Electric | Exelon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Caribbean Utilities Company | Fortis | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Alabama Power | Southern Company | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Empire District Electric | Algonquin Power | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Chubu Electric Power | Chubu Electric Power | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Dominion Energy South Carolina | Dominion Energy | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Wisconsin Electric Power Company | WEC Energy Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| AES Ohio | AES | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: PPL
PPL is a publicly listed company headquartered in Allentown, United States. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: PPL.
PPL's 2025 Form 10-K describes it as a utility holding company headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, incorporated in 1994. Its regulated businesses are PPL Electric in Pennsylvania, LKE (parent of LG&E and KU) in Kentucky and Rhode Island Energy.
🇺🇸 Kentucky Utilities and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Kentucky Utilities is not one of them.
- AES Ohio — AES 🇺🇸
- Agway Energy Services — Suburban Propane 🇺🇸
- Alabama Power — Southern Company 🇺🇸
- AmeriGas — UGI 🇺🇸
- American Transmission Company — WEC Energy Group 🇺🇸
- Arch Resources — Core Natural Resources 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Kentucky Utilities?
The parent company of Kentucky Utilities is PPL, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Kentucky Utilities American?
Yes. Kentucky Utilities originated in the United States and its owner, PPL, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Kentucky Utilities still owned by PPL?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Kentucky Utilities is still owned by PPL. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] PPL Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-20 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 20 February 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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