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Public Service Commission - Recent Headlines
Below you will find a list of recent press releases. Click on the title to view the full text of the press release.
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- PSC OKs Energy Conservation Plan for Kentucky Power - Urges steps to increase customer participation as energy costs rise
Monday, January 23, 2012
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved the renewal of residential and commercial energy conservation and efficiency programs for Kentucky Power Co. The PSC strongly encouraged Kentucky Power to take steps to increase the number of customers making use of all the programs.
- PSC Approves LG&E-Louisville Metro Land Swap: Acreage at Cane Run plant will be used for hiking and biking trail
Monday, January 23, 2012
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) today approved a land exchange that will assist in the completion of a 100-mile hiking and biking trail in Louisville.
- PSC Allows Separate Accounting of LG&E August Wind Storm Costs -Decision on future recovery through rates will include review of storm response
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) today allowed Louisville Gas and Electric Co. (LG&E) to establish a separate account to track power restoration costs and other expenses associated with recovery from the damage caused by a severe wind storm in August.
- PSC YouTube Video Explains Environmental Surcharge - Presentation explains legal process for recovery of environmental compliance costs by electric utilities
Monday, December 19, 2011
The process the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) follows in the review and approval of coal-related environmental compliance costs incurred by electric utilities is explained in a video available online.
- PSC Accepts Settlement in KU and LG&E Environmental Compliance Cases - Agreement reached by diverse group of participants
Thursday, December 15, 2011
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) today accepted broad-based settlements in two cases establishing new environmental compliance plans and associated environmental surcharges for Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU) and Louisville Gas & Electric Co. (LG&E). The compliance plans are intended to meet the requirements of several U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations affecting coal-burning electric power plants.
- PSC Grants Smaller Rate Adjustment to Water Service Corp.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) today granted Water Service Corp. of Kentucky a rate adjustment that is substantially less than the amount requested by the utility. The PSC cut the requested amount by 85 percent.
- PSC Accepts Settlement in Kenergy Rate Case
Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved a settlement that allows Kenergy Corp. to adjust its base rates in order to increase annual revenue by about $1.8 million, or approximately 0.4 percent. The settlement does not affect rate adjustments Kenergy will make to pass through an increase in the wholesale cost of the electricity it purchases from Big Rivers Electric Corp.
- PSC Adjusts Big Rivers Electric Corp. Wholesale Rates - Smaller-than-requested increase will be passed on by distribution coops
Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has authorized Big Rivers Electric Corp. to adjust its wholesale rates in order in order to increase annual revenue by approximately $26.75 million, or about 6 percent. In orders issued today, the PSC also approved pass-through rate increases for the three electric distribution cooperatives that purchase power from Big Rivers – Jackson Purchase Energy Cooperative, Kenergy Corp. and Meade County Rural Electric Cooperative Corp.
- PSC Issues Action Plan in LG&E/KU Customer Service Audit - Sets framework and timetable for needed improvements
Thursday, November 10, 2011
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has released the detailed action plan outlining how Louisville Gas and Electric Co. (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU) will make needed improvements in customer service.
- PSC Approves Energy Conservation Plans for KU and LG&E - Expanded programs include incentives for consumers
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved an expansion of residential and commercial energy conservation and efficiency programs for Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU) and Louisville Gas & Electric Co. (LG&E). In an order issued today, the PSC authorized KU and LG&E to continue 10 existing programs for residential or commercial customers and to initiate three new programs for residential customers. One of the new programs will provide incentives for the purchase of energy-efficient appliances.
- PSC Hearing Upcoming in KU and LG&E Environmental Compliance Cases - Can be viewed live at psc.ky.gov
Thursday, November 03, 2011
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) will hold a public evidentiary hearing next week on the environmental compliance plans and associated environmental surcharge requests submitted by Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU) and Louisville Gas & Electric Co. (LG&E). The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Nov. 9.
- Natural Gas Costs This Winter About the Same as Last Year - PSC forecasts little change in average bills for same quantity of gas
Monday, October 31, 2011
With wholesale natural gas prices changing little over the last year, Kentucky customers will be paying about the same for comparable quantities of gas this winter, the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) announced today.
- PSC to Give Annual Preview of Natural Gas Prices on Monday, Oct. 31
Thursday, October 27, 2011
The Kentucky Public Service Commission’s (PSC) annual briefing on natural gas prices during the upcoming winter will be on Monday, Oct. 31.
- PSC Adopts Federal Smart Grid Standard for Kentucky - Energy efficiency emphasized in long-range planning
Thursday, October 06, 2011
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) today directed Kentucky’s jurisdictional electric utilities to adopt the federal standard that requires consideration of the use of advanced “Smart Grid” technologies whenever they invest in their transmission and distribution systems. It also set a Kentucky standard requiring the inclusion of energy efficiency on an equal footing with the addition of generating capacity in the long-range plans, known as Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs), submitted to the PSC by electric utilities in Kentucky.
- PSC Audit: LG&E and KU Need to Improve Customer Service - Independent review says utilities are falling short of their own standards
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
An independent review ordered by the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has found numerous problems with customer service operations at Louisville Gas and Electric Co. (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU). In a report issued today by the PSC, an outside consultant noted that the two utilities – the largest in Kentucky – are regularly failing to meet their own internal performance standards. The report makes specific recommendations to correct the shortcomings.
- PSC Seeks Reconsideration of Federal Rule on Electric Transmission Improvements - Says Kentucky could bear costs without receiving commensurate benefits
Friday, September 02, 2011
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reconsider a rule that governs the planning and cost allocation for new or upgraded regional electric transmission lines.
- Environmental Surcharge Video Now on PSC Website - Presentation explains legal process for recovery of environmental compliance costs by electric utilities
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
A presentation explaining how the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) reviews coal-related environmental compliance costs incurred by electric utilities is now available on the agency website.
- PSC Sets Public Meetings in KU and LG&E Environmental Compliance Cases - Comments taken in Henderson, Louisville, Lexington and Corbin
Friday, August 26, 2011
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) will hold public meetings next month in Henderson, Louisville, Lexington and Corbin to receive public comments on environmental compliance plans and associated environmental surcharge requests submitted by Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU) and Louisville Gas & Electric Co. (LG&E). The public comment meetings will be preceded by an information session during which PSC staff will explain the environmental compliance review process and the legal basis for the surcharge, which applies only to electric rates. The presentation will include an overview of the KU and LG&E applications.
- Governor Beshear Proclaims Kentucky 8-1-1 Underground Facility Protection Day
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has issued a proclamation designating today as Kentucky 8-1-1 Underground Facility Protection Day. “Kentucky has made a concerted effort to reduce the number of incidents of excavators hitting buried utility lines,” Gov. Beshear said. “But it is clear that we still have work to do in increasing awareness of the call-before-you-dig requirements in state law and in promoting the use of the 811 statewide toll-free telephone number to request marking of buried utility lines.”
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