ProFix Editorial Team

Utility Cooperatives and Municipal Services in Kentucky

Use this Kentucky utility map before a job changes a meter, service mast, service drop, gas appliance, water line, trench, driveway, sewer lateral, or exterior structure

Kentucky5 utilitiesUpdated 2026-06-09

Utility contacts to verify before work

Investor-owned utility

Louisville Gas and Electric

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Investor-owned electric and gas utility for Louisville, Jefferson County, and surrounding north-central Kentucky communities.
Contractor / service coordination
https://lge-ku.com/
811 / call before you dig
https://kentucky811.org/

Investor-owned utility

Kentucky Utilities

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Service area
Investor-owned electric service across much of Kentucky outside Louisville, including Lexington, Danville, Richmond, Somerset, and many central and eastern counties.
Contractor / service coordination
https://lge-ku.com/
811 / call before you dig
https://kentucky811.org/

Electric co-op

Blue Grass Energy

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Member-owned electric cooperative serving central and north-central Kentucky counties, including communities around Lexington, Georgetown, Nicholasville, and Richmond.
Contractor / service coordination
https://bgenergy.com/
811 / call before you dig
https://kentucky811.org/

Gas utility

Columbia Gas of Kentucky

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Natural gas distribution utility serving Kentucky communities including Lexington, Ashland, Maysville, Frankfort-area towns, and parts of eastern Kentucky.
Contractor / service coordination
https://www.columbiagasky.com/
811 / call before you dig
https://kentucky811.org/

Water utility

Louisville Water Company

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Public water utility serving Louisville Metro and wholesale customers in Bullitt, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, Nelson, and surrounding counties.
Contractor / service coordination
https://www.louisvillewater.com/
811 / call before you dig
https://kentucky811.org/

When to call which utility

Use this Kentucky utility map before a job changes a meter, service mast, service drop, gas appliance, water line, trench, driveway, sewer lateral, or exterior structure. For electric outages, meter pulls, temporary power, service upgrades, underground-to-overhead changes, or a panel job that requires a utility disconnect, start with the electric utility assigned to the address: Louisville Gas and Electric, Kentucky Utilities and Blue Grass Energy. Rural addresses often sit in cooperative territory even when the nearest city is served by an investor-owned or municipal utility, so verify the premise before an electrician schedules the cutover. For natural-gas odors, hit lines, meter relocations, pressure questions, or appliance conversions, stop work and call the gas utility or 911 from a safe distance when there is an immediate leak; use Columbia Gas of Kentucky for the listed gas distribution territory. Water utilities such as Louisville Water Company coordinate taps, meters, backflow requirements, main shutoffs, hydrant use, and service-line ownership questions. Municipal utilities may bundle electric, gas, water, wastewater, and stormwater, so one counter can control several approvals. Before any excavation, boring, fence post, sign, tree planting, drainage, sewer, or water-service work, file the 811 ticket through https://kentucky811.org/ and wait for marks or positive response. The utility marks public facilities; the contractor still needs private locating for owner-installed lighting, irrigation, propane, septic, yard drains, and lines beyond the meter.

811 comes before utility-side work

File a locate request before trenching, boring, planting, fencing, drainage work, sewer work, or water-service changes. Utility marks do not replace private locating on owner-installed lines.

Source: ProFix Editorial Team. Last updated 2026-06-09. Utility territories can change at parcel boundaries; verify the premise address with the utility and local 811 system before scheduling work.

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