LG&E, KU Issue Request For Proposals For Renewable Energy Supply
07.18.2007


LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company today announced a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a long-term supply of capacity and energy powered by renewable fuel resources.

The request, designed to add to the utilities' renewable energy portfolio and help serve the increasing energy demands of its customers, seeks proposals for 750-megawatts of renewable generation in minimum quantities of two-megawatts to be supplied for periods up to 30 years starting as early as June 1, 2008.

"E.ON U.S. plans to use any capacity it secures through the RFP to meet the growing energy needs of our customers while continuing to do so in an environmentally-sound manner," said Paul W. Thompson, Senior Vice President of Energy Services for E.ON U.S., the parent company of LG&E and KU. "As our customers' demand for energy increases, so do our efforts to diversify our generation portfolio through environmentally friendly renewable sources."

Seeking competitive proposals for purchased power contracts or ownership of generation facilities is one way LG&E and KU secure reliable and cost-effective power for its customers. Final proposals are due August 31, 2007.

The RFP follows a multitude of important environmental initiatives in which the utilities are involved. E.ON U.S. and its subsidiaries are partners in numerous research and development programs and have invested millions of dollars in clean coal research. In 2006, E.ON U.S. made a $1.5 million investment in clean coal research at the University of Kentucky and a $25 million commitment to FutureGen, the world's first near-zero emissions generating facility.

A rehabilitation project costing more than $75 million is currently underway at LG&E's Ohio Falls Hydroelectric Station. The project will update and refurbish eight existing turbine/generator units over the next several years. As a result, Ohio Falls' non-emitting generating capacity will be increased from 80 megawatts to 104 megawatts.

In April, E.ON A. G. announced a group-wide technology initiative focusing, in part, on the optimization of renewable energy sources, including several offshore wind farm projects in the UK, the Nordic countries, and Germany. Work also continues on a CO2 removal demonstration project, scheduled to kick-off in 2008, at E.ON's Karlshamn plant in Sweden where, at project completion, 90 percent of all CO2 will be removed from plant flue gases.

To learn more about the RFP and additional ways E.ON U.S. is helping the environment visit www.lge-ku.com.



E.ON U.S., headquartered in Louisville, Ky., is a subsidiary of E.ON A.G., the world's largest investor-owned energy services provider. E.ON U.S. is a diversified energy services company that owns and operates Louisville Gas and Electric Company, a regulated utility that serves 324,000 natural gas and 398,000 electric customers in Louisville and 16 surrounding counties, and Kentucky Utilities Company, a regulated electric utility in Lexington, Ky., that serves 531,000 customers in 77 Kentucky counties and five counties in Virginia.