Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities – Bring Your Own Thermostat

Enroll your smart thermostat to earn a $50 incentive, then receive an additional $5 for each seasonal event you participate in by allowing LG&E and KU to make brief adjustments during peak demand times—you can opt out anytime. If you don't own a thermostat yet, you can purchase one at a discount from the LG&E and KU marketplace, then enroll it in the program to start earning rewards.

This program expands your addressable market by enabling customers to purchase discounted smart thermostats and enroll them for utility-managed demand response, positioning thermostats as load control resources. Customers must maintain at least 70% participation in seasonal adjustment events to earn the $5-per-event incentive, and can opt out at any time through their device or account.

The program provides $50 enrollment incentives plus $5 per seasonal event for participating residential customers, using smart thermostats as event-based load control resources to manage summer and winter peak demand without requiring physical switches. Customers enroll through the LG&E and KU marketplace, request incentive payments via their utility account number and zip code, and automatically participate in adjustment events unless they opt out, with participation defined as thermostat control for at least 70% of event minutes.