<ARTICLE> UT <CIK> 0000861388 <NAME> LG&E ENERGY CORP. <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 9-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1997 <PERIOD-END> SEP-30-1997 <BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 3,168,046 <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 480,133 <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 674,555 <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 128,626 <OTHER-ASSETS> 0 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 4,451,360 <COMMON> 776,357 <F1> <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> 128 <F2> <RETAINED-EARNINGS> 711,534 <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 1,488,019 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 135,328 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 1,210,666 <SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 319,061 <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE> 0 <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS> 0 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT> 20,021 <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT> 0 <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS> 0 <LEASES-CURRENT> 0 <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB> 1,278,265 <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 4,451,360 <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 1,273,123 <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> 89,169 <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 965,487 <F3> <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 1,054,656 <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> 218,467 <OTHER-INCOME-NET> (4,660)<F4> <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> 213,807 <F4> <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 73,167 <NET-INCOME> 140,640 <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 5,125 <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> 135,515 <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 107,935 <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 56,475 <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> 276,741 <EPS-PRIMARY> 1.05 <EPS-DILUTED> 1.05 <FN> <F1>Includes common stock expense of $1,874. <F2>Represents unrealized loss on marketable securities, net of taxes. <F3>Includes equity in earnings of affiliates of $16,230. <F4>Includes loss from discontinued operations of $15,668, net of income taxes. <F5>The Company restated this schedule to reflect its merger with KU Energy Corporation and to reclassify discontinued operations. </FN>