Lexington electricity and gas rates
Who supplies power and gas to Lexington houses and what a typical house uses: about 1097.1 kWh of electricity and 54 therms of gas a month. Bills include a 3% Fayette County Schools 3% utility tax.
Electricity: Kentucky Utilities (KU)
Rate RS residential service: $0.58 basic service charge per day and $0.11234 per kWh. A demand-side management charge applies, fuel adjustment and environmental cost recovery charges change monthly, a $0.30 Home Energy Assistance charge is added each month, and Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government's franchise fee is four percent of KU's gross revenues.
| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
| Fixed charge | $18.64 a month |
| Per kWh | 11.64¢ |
Gas: Columbia Gas of Kentucky
Rate Schedule GSR residential: $21.25 customer charge per billing period and $10.3372 per Mcf (delivery charge plus gas cost adjustment), plus an SMRP rider of $1.3382 per Mcf, a $0.30 Energy Assistance Program surcharge and a $0.07 energy efficiency charge per billing period.
| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
| Fixed charge | $22.27 a month |
| Per therm | $1.1609 |
Sources
- Kentucky Utilities electric tariff, P.S.C. No. 21 (Kentucky PSC)
- LFUCG Ordinance No. 102-2013: electric franchise fee to 4% (PSC filing)
- Columbia Gas of Kentucky tariff, PSC KY No. 5 (Kentucky PSC)
- Columbia Gas of Kentucky franchise with LFUCG, 2013 (PSC filing)
- EIA: Kentucky natural gas consumption by end use
- EIA: Kentucky natural gas consumers
Checked October 22, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.
Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.