<ARTICLE> UT <CIK> 0000861388 <NAME> LG&E ENERGY CORP. <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 9-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-2000 <PERIOD-END> SEP-30-2000 <BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 3,418,510 <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 820,938 <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 588,301 <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 216,758 <OTHER-ASSETS> 0 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 5,044,507 <COMMON> 775,481 <F1> <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> (449)<F2> <RETAINED-EARNINGS> 213,332 <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 988,364 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 142,640 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 1,421,774 <SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 550,184 <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE> 0 <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS> 0 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT> 308,172 <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT> 0 <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS> 0 <LEASES-CURRENT> 0 <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB> 1,633,373 <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 5,044,507 <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 1,913,577 <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> 65,862 <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 1,623,092 <F3> <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 1,688,954 <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> 224,623 <OTHER-INCOME-NET> (141,852) <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> 82,771 <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 105,325 <NET-INCOME> (22,554) <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 5,535 <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> (28,089) <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 124,813 <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 49,978 <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> 205,271 <EPS-BASIC> (0.22) <EPS-DILUTED> (0.22) <FN> <F1>Includes common stock expense of $1,532. <F2>Represents unrealized loss on marketable securities, net of taxes. <F3>Includes equity in earnings of affiliates of $32,628. </FN>