{"id":55236,"date":"2026-02-08T01:10:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=55236"},"modified":"2026-02-07T21:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T02:19:08","slug":"new-lge-gas-line-soon-to-be-operational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2026\/02\/08\/new-lge-gas-line-soon-to-be-operational\/","title":{"rendered":"New LG&#038;E Gas Line Soon To Be Operational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3082\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2016\/01\/13\/utility-companies-closing-storage-ponds\/lge-ku\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LGE-KU.png?fit=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"100,100\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"LG&amp;#038;E KU\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LGE-KU.png?fit=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LGE-KU.png?resize=100%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3082\" \/><br \/>\nThe new natural gas pipeline in Bullitt County from the Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&#038;E) will soon be operational.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>LG&#038;E said the additional path for natural gas to is supposed to support the area&#8217;s continued growth and economic development.<\/p>\n<p>One of the last steps is to add the chemical that gives gas a recognizable smell, called mercaptan, which will be done in a safe and controlled manner, LG&#038;E said.<\/p>\n<p>Energy providers said adding this chemical helps others detect a potential natural gas leak.<\/p>\n<p>LG&#038;E said while the process will be done safely, they said it is still important to keep these steps in mind:<\/p>\n<p>Leave the area immediately.<br \/>\nCall 911 and LG&#038;E. To contact LG&#038;E, call 502-589-1444 or 800-331-7370 and press 1-1-1.<br \/>\nNever report a gas leak by email.<br \/>\nDon\u2019t assume others have reported the leak.<\/p>\n<p>Bernheim Forest had a legal battle with LG&#038;E for years on whether the power company could build a 12-mile pipeline to connect an existing line in eastern Bullitt County to another one near Interstate 65, just south of Shepherdsville, through the forest&#8217;s property. The legal battle ended December 2024 when a Kentucky Supreme Court denied to hear an appeals court ruling between them.<br \/>\nSource: WHAS11 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new natural gas pipeline in Bullitt County from the Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&#038;E) will soon be operational.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":3082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-archive","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-emU","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-11-16 13:36:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LGE-KU.png?fit=100%2C100&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55237,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55236\/revisions\/55237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}