Who owns Louisville Gas and Electric?
Louisville Gas and Electric 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 Louisville Gas and Electric
Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) is a regulated utility owned through LKE, which the 2025 10-K describes as a subsidiary of PPL and the parent of LG&E, KU and other subsidiaries.
What PPL's annual report says about Louisville Gas and Electric
Sentences about Louisville Gas and Electric from PPL's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
As of January 30, 2026, LG&E and KU Energy LLC held all 21,294,223 outstanding common shares, no par value, of Louisville Gas and Electric Company.
How often PPL names Louisville Gas and Electric 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. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Louisville Gas and Electric
Where Louisville Gas and Electric 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.
🇺🇸 Louisville Gas and Electric 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; Louisville Gas and Electric 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 Louisville Gas and Electric?
The parent company of Louisville Gas and Electric is PPL, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Louisville Gas and Electric American?
Yes. Louisville Gas and Electric originated in the United States and its owner, PPL, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Louisville Gas and Electric still owned by PPL?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Louisville Gas and Electric 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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