Your utility provider, whether electricity or natural gas, is determined by which provider’s service area your residence falls into (this is true whether you own or rent). Service areas are determined by the Kentucky Public Service Commission, a state agency that regulates utility providers in the commonwealth. Any utility provider that wants to set up shop in Kentucky has to go through the Public Service Commission first. Ditto if they want to change their rates.Â
There are three primary electricity providers in Northern Kentucky: Duke Energy, Owen Electric Cooperative and (to a much smaller degree) Kentucky Utilities Company. Their service areas are carved up and don’t match any county or city boundaries, however, certain providers tend to dominate in certain areas. Duke is more dominant in the region’s northern areas close to the Ohio River. Owen is more dominant in the south, and a small portion of southeast Campbell County falls into Kentucky Utilities Company’s service area.Â
Gas, on the other hand, is almost entirely the purview of Duke.
Consult the maps below to see the service areas for each provider. Visit the providers’ webpages to get signed up for service, view outage maps and get more information.
- https://www.duke-energy.com/home (Duke)
- https://owenelectric.com/ (Owen)
- https://lge-ku.com/ (Kentucky Utilities)