‘Green button’ was supposed to lower KY electricity bills. Nonprofit says it doesn’t work.

Kentucky’s largest electric utility has saved tens of millions of dollars in recent years by installing more than 1 million digital “smart” utility meters at homes and businesses in large part by being able to check the meters remotely for energy usage, disconnections and reconnections. But a national nonprofit argues that while the utility reaps [

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: October 14, 2026

Words: 839

Last Updated: 3 days, 16 hours ago

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Kentucky’s largest electric utility has saved tens of millions of dollars in recent years by installing more than 1 million digital “smart” utility meters at homes and businesses in large part by being able to check the meters remotely for energy usage, disconnections and reconnections.

But a national nonprofit argues that while the utility reaps those cost savings, a key energy-saving tool for ratepayers made possible through those smart meters is “non-functional”, …

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