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LG&E and KU Energy is a subsidiary of PPL Corporation, based in Louisville, Kentucky. It is composed of the following companies: *Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E) *Kentucky Utilities (KU) * *Old Dominion Power (ODP) ''(a subsidiary of Kentucky Utilities)'' *Western Kentucky Energy (generates electricity on behalf of (Big Rivers Electric Corporation ), a transmission and generation cooperative owned by Touchstone Energy) The company was created in 1998, when LG&E acquired KU/ODP, becoming LG&E Energy. In 2000, Powergen, a British-based company, acquired LG&E Energy, which still operated under that name. In 2002, German-based E.ON acquired Powergen; the following year, in 2003, E.ON transferred the LG&E Energy group to its American subsidiary, E.ON US Holdings. On April 28, 2010 PPL and E.ON announced a definitive agreement in which PPL will acquire E.ON US for $7.625 billion. The sale was closed on November 1, 2010, with E-ON US becoming LG&E and KU Energy.〔(PPL press release: "PPL Completes Acquisition of Two Kentucky Utility Companies", November 1, 2010. )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LG&E and KU Energy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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