Blue Grass Energy

About

Blue Grass Energy is a rural electric cooperative. Based in Cynthiana, Ky., with headquarters in Nicholasville, Ky., the company serves more than 50,000 customers in 23 Central and North Central Kentucky counties. BGE has more than 5,000 miles of line and has branches in Lawrenceburg and Richmond, Ky., as well. It provides electric service using nonprofit principles. Everyone who buys electricity from the utility is a partial owner. Each consumer has a vote in the operation of the business and may bring suggestions and concerns to the cooperative's annual meeting, held in June or July each year. BGE has more than a 100 employees.