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Convert Your LG&E and KU Bill to CSV

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Anatomy of bill fields extracted

Upload a PDF, get clean CSV. Below is a sample electric statement with the structured fields you get back, labelled with their CSV column names.

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EXAMPLE ENERGY CO.
P.O. Box 0000 · Sample City, KY · 1-800-555-0100
Statement · Page 1 of 3
SERVICE FOR
ACME RETAIL INC
100 Example Blvd
Sample City, KY 40000
Account# 1500-1234-5678
Mailed May 5, 2026
Service Electric — KU
Rate Commercial GS
AMOUNT DUE
$1,072.88
Due by May 24, 2026
Billing period: Apr 3 – May 3, 2026 · 30 days
Statement currency: USD
Account summary
Previous balance $1,005.40
Payment(s) received — thank you −$1,005.40
Balance forward $0.00
Total current charges $1,072.88
Amount due $1,072.88
Details of your electric charges
CHARGE USAGE RATE AMOUNT
Basic Service Charge
Fixed monthly · grid connection
 30 days — $35.00
Energy Charge
Metered kWh usage
 8,420 kWh $0.06800 $572.56
Fuel Adjustment Clause (FAC)
Pass-through fuel cost adjustment
 8,420 kWh $0.00450 $37.89
Environmental Surcharge — — $6.45
Demand Charge
Peak demand × rate
 38 kW $9.50 $361.00
DSM / energy-efficiency riders 8,420 kWh $0.00210 $17.68
KY taxes & franchise fees
School / utility tax + city franchise
 — — $42.30
Total current charges $1,072.88
Usage this period
Demand 38 kW
Read type Verified
Current kWh usage 8,420 kWh
Service information
Meter number MTR-7741209
Account# 1500-1234-5678
Previous read · Apr 3 41,200
Current read · May 3 49,620
Rate schedule GS
Multiplier 1
utility_name, utility_phone
Utility issuer and contact number
customer_name, service_street1, service_city, service_state, service_zip
Service address where power is delivered
service_account_number, bill_service_agreement_number, tariff
Account number, service type, and rate schedule name
previous_balance, payments_received, late_fee
Carry-over balance and last period's payment
bill_new_charges
Total current charges accrued this billing period
commodity_supplier
Supplier — in Kentucky LG&E or KU supplies generation and delivery together (bundled, no retail choice)
max_kw, demand_unit
Peak demand and unit (kW) — common on commercial bills
meter_total_volume, meter_total_unit, read_type
Total consumption, unit (kWh / CCF / therms), and verified vs estimated read
bill_total, bill_due_date
Total amount due and payment due date
bill_start_date, bill_end_date, days_in_period, bill_frequency, currency
Billing period span and statement currency
utility_meter_serial_number, point_of_delivery_id
Physical meter serial and service-point delivery ID
load_zone
Wholesale-market load zone (PJM / MISO sub-zone)
50+ structured fields per bill — including extraction metadata (extraction_status, extraction_confidence, source_filename ) — exported as CSV that opens directly in Excel, Google Sheets, or any accounting tool.

What every charge on your LG&E and KU bill means

LG&E and KU bills are bundled — a single Kentucky-regulated utility supplies and delivers your power, so there's no separate generation supplier to reconcile. The bill builds up from a fixed service charge, a per-kWh energy charge, and a handful of fuel, environmental, and tax line items. Here's what each line means.

Basic Service Charge
A fixed monthly charge that covers the cost of connecting your account to LG&E or KU's grid — the service drop, meter, billing, and customer service — regardless of how much electricity you use. It's the same every month for a given rate schedule and doesn't change with usage.
Energy Charge
The core per-kWh charge for the electricity you used during the billing period, measured against your metered kWh usage. Because Kentucky is a bundled, regulated market, this single charge covers both generation and delivery — there is no separate competitive supplier line the way there is in retail-choice states.
Fuel Adjustment Clause (FAC)
A pass-through charge (or credit) that trues up the actual cost of the fuel — coal and natural gas — burned to generate your electricity against what the base Energy Charge assumes. The Kentucky Public Service Commission reviews the FAC regularly, so the per-kWh rate moves up or down month to month with fuel markets.
Environmental Surcharge
A Kentucky-specific charge that lets LG&E and KU recover the cost of complying with federal and state environmental rules on coal-fired generation — emissions controls, scrubbers, and ash handling. It's set as a percentage approved by the KY PSC and applied across your other charges.
Demand Charge
On commercial and industrial rate schedules, you're billed not just for total kWh but for your highest 15- or 30-minute spike in demand, measured in kilowatts (kW). The bill shows the metered demand and a $/kW rate. Demand charges reward flattening your load — two businesses using the same kWh can pay very different demand charges.
DSM and energy-efficiency riders
Small per-kWh riders that fund Demand-Side Management — the utility's energy-efficiency and load-management programs — along with other KY PSC-approved riders. They appear as separate line items so the regulator and customers can see exactly what each program costs.
Kentucky taxes & franchise fees
State and local charges collected on the bill: the Kentucky school and utility taxes and any city franchise fee for the right to run lines through local rights-of-way. These vary by where the service address sits, so two accounts on the same rate can show different tax totals.
Meter reads & read type
Not a charge, but the section that lists your meter number, previous and current readings, current kWh usage, demand, and whether the read was verified, actual, or estimated. This is where the meter reads UtilityBillReader extracts come from.

Frequently asked questions

What's the difference between LG&E and KU on the bill?

They're two utilities under the same parent company (a PPL company). Louisville Gas and Electric (LG&E) serves the Louisville area and provides both electricity and natural gas. Kentucky Utilities (KU) serves most of the rest of Kentucky and is electric only. The bills share a layout and conventions, and UtilityBillReader reads both — it captures which utility issued the statement so you can tell them apart in your CSV.

Kentucky doesn't have retail energy choice — does that change what I get back?

It actually makes the bill simpler. Kentucky is a bundled, regulated market, so LG&E or KU supplies and delivers your power together — there's no separate competitive generation supplier line to reconcile the way there is in California, Texas, or PJM choice states. UtilityBillReader captures the single utility, the rate schedule, and the full charge breakdown.

Does UtilityBillReader read LG&E gas bills too, not just electric?

Yes. LG&E customers in the Louisville area can have natural gas on the same account, billed in CCF or therms with their own supply and distribution charges. UtilityBillReader reads gas service as well as electric, captures the correct unit, and splits electric and gas into separate rows in your CSV when both appear on one bill.

What is the Fuel Adjustment Clause (FAC) on my bill?

The FAC is a pass-through line that trues up the actual cost of fuel burned to generate your electricity against what the base Energy Charge assumes. It can be a charge or a credit and changes month to month with fuel markets, under Kentucky Public Service Commission review. UtilityBillReader captures it as part of the full charge breakdown so you can track it across statements.

Does UtilityBillReader capture how much electricity I used?

Yes — your current kWh usage for the billing period, plus whether the meter read was verified, actual, or estimated. For commercial accounts it also captures demand in kW. UtilityBillReader reports the period totals from the metered usage shown on the bill.

I run a business — does UtilityBillReader handle demand charges and commercial bills?

Yes. UtilityBillReader fully supports LG&E and KU commercial and industrial bills, including the demand charge in kW, the rate schedule, the metered kWh usage, and the full cost and billing breakdown. Each meter comes back as its own row.

What format do I get back?

Two downloads off the same extraction. A base CSV gives you one row per meter or service with a column for every field — utility, account, addresses, billing period, usage, demand, cost, and rate schedule — and opens directly in Excel, Google Sheets, or any accounting tool. An advanced Excel (.xlsx) workbook adds a second sheet of per-line charge detail (energy, FAC, environmental surcharge, riders, individual taxes) keyed back to the first sheet so you can reconcile or pivot without losing structure.

Can I convert several bills at once?

Yes. Upload multiple bills — a year of statements, or bills across several properties or meters — and get them back in one structured file, one row per meter. This is the common workflow for bookkeepers and property managers reconciling LG&E and KU costs in bulk.

How accurate is UtilityBillReader?

Every extraction returns a confidence score and flags anything worth a second look, such as a bill covering multiple meters or both electric and gas. UtilityBillReader lays each field out next to a clear label so it's quick to check the output against your original bill, and the confidence score tells you where to look first.

Do I need an account, and is UtilityBillReader really free?

You can convert your first 5 pages every day with no account — just upload and download. Paid plans add higher volumes for regular or bulk use, but there's no signup wall to try UtilityBillReader or handle a one-off LG&E or KU bill.

Does UtilityBillReader work on my phone?

Yes. UtilityBillReader works in your phone's browser, so you can convert a bill from a photo or PDF without being at a computer.

What file types can I upload, and is my data secure?

PDF bills, digital or scanned, including multi-page bills in a single upload. Files uploaded without an account are deleted within 24 hours rather than stored indefinitely; account uploads follow your plan's retention window.

Use cases

Bookkeeping & accounting

Pull the amount due, billing period, and charge breakdown straight into a CSV ready to import into Xero or QuickBooks, instead of keying LG&E and KU utility expenses by hand.

Multi-site & tenant rebilling

Businesses and property managers with several meters or sites on LG&E or KU can extract usage, demand, and cost per meter, producing a clean per-meter breakdown for budgeting and cost recovery.

ESG & Scope 2 reporting

Extract actual kWh as activity data for greenhouse-gas accounting under the GHG Protocol — more accurate than estimating emissions from the dollar amount alone, and useful given Kentucky's coal-heavy generation mix.

Usage analysis

Compare current kWh usage, demand, and the cost breakdown across months to see how your usage and bill change over time — including how the Fuel Adjustment Clause moves with fuel markets.

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Last reviewed 28 June 2026