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{{Show badges| CoalSwarm}}'''Louisville Gas and Electric''' (LG&E Energy) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of [[E.ON U.S.]] LLC, a diversified energy services company that is a member of the [[E.ON]] AG family of companies. E.ON is the world's largest investor-owned utility company. LG&E is a regulated electric and natural gas utility, based in Louisville, Kentucky, serving Louisville and 16 surrounding counties.

In June 2010, [[Pennsylvania Power and Light]] (PPL) announced plans to buy two Kentucky utilities for $7.6 billion from German power company [[E.ON AG]]: [[Louisville Gas & Electric]] and [[Kentucky Utilities]], giving PPL an additional 1.2 million customers.<ref name="bw">[http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9GHLGC00.htm "PPL spent $400,000 on lobbying in 1st quarter"] Bloomberg BusinessWeek, June 24, 2010.</ref>