Kentucky Utilities Company

Kentucky Utilities Company, doing business as Old Dominion Power Company, is a for-profit corporate entity headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, that serves as a critical infrastructure provider to the federal government. The company specializes in delivering essential utility services including electricity, gas, and energy management solutions to federal facilities, with a particular focus on supporting government operations across the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As a regulated utility provider, Kentucky Utilities Company leverages its established infrastructure and operational expertise to meet the specialized requirements of federal agencies requiring reliable utility support.

Kentucky Utilities Company has maintained a consistent pattern of federal contract awards focused on utility service delivery to the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. The company has received five consecutive annual delivery orders for utility services spanning fiscal years 2022 through 2026, with contract values ranging from approximately $807,000 to $826,000 annually. These firm fixed-price delivery orders, issued without set-aside designations, were awarded on October 1 of each respective fiscal year and provided electricity, gas, and energy management services necessary for continuous operations at the federal correctional facility. The most recent delivery orders include a $797,401.99 contract for FY25 (awarded October 1, 2024, with completion date September 30, 2025) and a $232,043.97 delivery order for electricity utility services (awarded October 1, 2025, with completion date January 30, 2026). Each of these delivery orders represents a continuation of Kentucky Utilities Company's established role as the primary utility service provider to FMC Lexington, demonstrating sustained federal government confidence in the company's operational performance and service reliability.

Kentucky Utilities Company has secured a significant federal grant award through the Department of Energy in the form of a cooperative agreement focused on advanced carbon capture technology development and validation. Awarded on September 12, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of June 1, 2026, this grant supports the design, construction, and operation of a solvent-based post-combustion carbon capture technology system at the Cane Run Generating Station. The project aims to capture approximately 67,000 tonnes of CO2 annually while validating at least 90 percent carbon capture efficiency and 95 percent CO2 purity under real exhaust conditions. Additionally, the grant encompasses large-scale pilot testing of carbon capture technology under genuine operating conditions and includes de-risking efforts for CO2 capture applications in natural gas combined cycle commercial-scale systems, with particular focus on validating the University of Kentucky's advanced heat-integrated CO2 capture technology and analyzing performance under dynamic, real-world operating conditions.

Kentucky Utilities Company holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract valued at $50 million issued by the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Central Office Energy Division, effective from August 17, 2021 through August 16, 2031. This area-wide IDV was specifically established to procure electric, gas, and energy management services for federal buildings located within Kentucky Utilities Company's service areas throughout Kentucky. The contract's structure reflects the specialized nature of utility service provision, as the award of a single-vendor IDV to an incumbent regulated utility provider indicates that the services require specialized regulatory compliance and operational integration that would be challenging to obtain from alternative sources. Through this IDV framework, the General Services Administration has established a ten-year contracting vehicle that facilitates efficient and streamlined procurement of utility services for the federal government's real property portfolio across Kentucky, with the company's delivery orders against this IDV supporting multiple federal agencies and facilities.