Pennyrile Electric

Pennyrile Rural Electric leadership announced that they do not plan to increase rates and shared the results of the board of directors’ election at Tuesday’s meeting. Pennyrile Electric President and CEO Alan Gates says they remain focused on strengthening the power provider’s reliability by upgrading infrastructure, which has grown more expensive because of inflation. Despite the rising expenses, Gates says he is not anticipating a customer rate increase. Along with […]

Power reliability, internet expansion and the board of directors’ election were the main topics of Tuesday’s Pennyrile Rural Electric Board meeting. This year, western Kentucky has been impacted by snow, floods and tornadoes which has affected power provision in Pennyrile Electric's service region. Pennyrile Electric President Alan Gates says they are working on making their system more weather resilient and thanked the workers who restored the power following severe weather […]

Pennyrile Electric President, Alan Gates announced that the company’s electricity rates are set to be adjusted and provided updates on the company’s partnership with Hopkinsville Electric System (HES) to expand broadband internet at their annual board meeting on Tuesday. As a result of supply constraints and cost increases, Gates says an electricity rate adjustment is set to occur in the coming months. Gates also spotlighted the company’s partnership with HES […]

Hopkinsville residents were greeted with ice cream, light bulbs and other gifts as Pennyrile Electric hosted a member appreciation event on Wednesday. Pennyrile Electric hosted a membership appreciation event at their Hopkinsville office at 2000 Harrison Street. This event follows a successful appreciation event in Cadiz on Monday, which saw over 1000 people in attendance. Pennyrile Electric CEO Alan Gates spoke about Wednesday’s events and the events they have planned […]