Title XXIV, Public Utilities

and reasonable rates -- Limitation of authorized rate of return for natural gas operations. In determining just and reasonable rates, the commission shall investigate and review natural gas purchasing transactions of a utility, whose rates for retail sales of natural gas are regu…

reasonableness of proposed rates -- Reduction of rates by commission. (1) In determining whether proposed natural gas utility rates are just and reasonable, the commission shall review the utility's gas purchasing practices. The commission may disallow any costs or rates which ar…

imposed a factor in any fuel adjustment clause review. (1) In the administration of an electric utility's fuel adjustment clause and any associated tariffs, the commission may, upon the request of an electric utility, extend the period for recovery of fuel adjustment costs that a…

(1) Whenever the commission, upon its own motion or upon complaint as provided in KRS 278.260, and after a hearing had upon reasonable notice, finds that the rules, regulations, practices, equipment, appliances, facilities or service of any utility subject to its jurisdiction, or…

and mechanisms -- Assignment of costs -- Home energy assistance programs. (1) The commission may determine the reasonableness of demand-side management plans proposed by any utility under its jurisdiction. Factors to be considered in this determination include, but are not limite…

and eligibility for disbursements -- Biennial reports -- Administration costs. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Voluntary energy cost assistance fund" means a fund that shall: 1. Be administered by a utility or provider for the purpose of receiving voluntary contributions from c…

of securities -- Unit rate base. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the commission may ascertain and fix the value of the whole or any part of the property of any utility in so far as the value is material to the exercise of the jurisdiction of the c…

ratemaking purposes. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Accumulated depreciation" means the total amount of depreciation of an asset as calculated by the use of generally accepted accounting principles; (b) "Asset acquisition price" means full and actual costs of a water or sewer …

(1) No utility shall issue any securities or evidences of indebtedness, or assume any obligation or liability in respect to the securities or evidences of indebtedness of any other person until it has been authorized so to do by order of the commission. (2) Application for author…

All hearings and investigations before the commission or any commissioner shall be governed by rules adopted by the commission, and in the conduct thereof neither the commission nor the commissioner shall be bound by the technical rules of legal evidence.

The commission and each of the commissioners may issue subpoenas, subpoenas duces tecum, and all necessary process in proceedings brought before or initiated by the commission, and such process shall extend to all parts of the state. Service of process in all proceedings brought …

The commission and each of the commissioners, for the purposes mentioned in the preceding sections of this chapter, may administer oaths, examine witnesses, and certify official acts. If any person fails to comply with any lawful order of the commission or of any commissioner, or…

The commission itself may take depositions, or grant deposition rights at its discretion to any party in a proceeding before the commission. Depositions in commission proceedings shall be taken in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure.

No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any book, paper or account at any inquiry by, or hearing before, the commission or any commissioner, upon the ground that the testimony or the book, paper or account required of him may tend to incriminate him or subjec…

A full and complete record shall be kept of all contested proceedings had before the commission or any commissioner on any formal hearing and may, at the commission's discretion, be made in videotape or other format in accordance with the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure. A sten…

be in effect. Every order, finding, authorization or certificate issued or approved by the commission under any of the preceding provisions of this chapter shall be in writing and shall be entered on the records of the commission. A certificate under the seal of the commission th…

The commission shall deliver a certified copy of any order issued by it to each party to the proceeding in which the order was made, and to an officer or agent of the utility affected thereby. Notwithstanding any statute to the contrary, the commission may deliver its orders by m…

The commission may compel obedience to its lawful orders by mandamus, injunction or other proper proceedings in the Franklin Circuit Court or any other court of competent jurisdiction, and such proceedings shall have priority over all pending cases. Every order entered by the com…

After a determination has been made by the commission in any hearing, any party to the proceedings may, within twenty (20) days after the service of the order, apply for a hearing with respect to any of the matters determined. Service of a commission order is complete three (3) d…

(1) Any party to a commission proceeding or any utility affected by an order of the commission may, within thirty (30) days after service of the order, or within twenty (20) days after its application for rehearing has been denied by failure of the commission to act, or within tw…

(1) In any action filed against the commission because of its order in a proceeding before it, the commission shall file a certified copy of the designated record and evidence with the court in which the action is pending. (2) Unless an agreed statement of the record is filed wit…

In all trials, actions or proceedings arising under the preceding provisions of this chapter or growing out of the commission's exercise of the authority or powers granted to it, the party seeking to set aside any determination, requirement, direction or order of the commission s…

Any action brought under KRS 278.410 shall be heard and decided by the court upon the evidence submitted to the commission as shown by the record, and no other evidence shall be received. If any party satisfies the court that evidence has been discovered since the hearing before …

Upon final submission of any action brought under KRS 278.410, the Circuit Court shall enter a judgment either sustaining the order of the commission or setting it aside or vacating it in whole or in part, or modifying it, or remanding it to the commission with instructions. Any …

Effect on rates -- Authority for administrative regulations. (1) Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, a G&T or distribution cooperative may at any time decrease regulated operating revenues by an amount to be determined solely by the cooperative utility. If the reve…

railroad corridor to Department of Parks and Railtrail Development Office. The Public Service Commission shall immediately transmit to the Department of Parks and to the Commonwealth's Railtrail Development Office in the Department for Local Government any information received fr…

calculate interest rate annually -- Interest rates for water districts and water associations -- Administrative regulations. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a utility, including an electric cooperative organized under KRS Chapter 279, shall pay interest …

As used in KRS 278.465 to 278.468: (1) "Eligible customer-generator" means a customer of a retail electric supplier who owns and operates an electric generating facility that is located on the customer's premises, for the primary purpose of supplying all or part of the customer's…

Compensation to eligible customer-generators for electricity fed back into grid -- Commission to set compensation rate -- Excess generation credits nonrefundable -- Twenty-five year cap on preexisting net metering tariff provisions -- Safety and power quality standards -- Transfe…

(1) The commission shall have original jurisdiction over any dispute between a retail electric supplier and an eligible customer-generator, regarding net metering rates, service, standards, performance of contracts, and testing of net meters. (2) No later than one hundred eighty …

instrumentalities. Nothing in KRS 278.465 to 278.468 shall apply to a United States corporate agency or instrumentality of the United States government, or a distributor of electric power primarily supplied by such a corporate agency or instrumentality of the United States govern…

Every company receiving, transporting or delivering a supply of oil or natural gas for public consumption is declared to be a common carrier, and the receipt, transportation and delivery of natural gas into, through and from a pipeline operated by any such company is declared to …

Any common carrier of crude petroleum or gas by pipeline may accept for transportation any oil or gas offered to it for that purpose by a person in possession, and shall redeliver it upon the order of the consignor unless prevented by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, a…

applying for gas service and gas pipeline company -- Abandonment of gas wells -- Discontinuance of service -- Right to tap a gathering line. Every gas pipeline company obtaining gas from producing wells located within this state, upon the request of the owner of the property on o…

Each company engaged in the receipt, transportation or delivery of oil or natural gas for public consumption shall at all reasonable times receive, for transportation and delivery, from such pipes as may be connected up with any main or tributary line, all oil or gas that may be …

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Carbon dioxide transmission pipeline" means the in-state portion of a pipeline, including appurtenant facilities, property rights, and easements, that is used exclusively for the purpose of transporting carbon dioxide to a point of sale, storage,…

ingress and egress. Any corporation or partnership organized for the purpose of, and any individual engaged in or proposing to engage in, constructing, maintaining, or operating oil or gas wells or pipelines for transporting or delivering oil or gas, including oil and gas product…

As used in KRS 278.505 to 278.507, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Intrastate pipeline" means any utility or any other person engaged in natural gas transportation in intrastate commerce, for compensation, to or for another person or to or for the public, but shall no…

distribution companies with unused excess capacity. (1) The Public Service Commission may, by rule or order, authorize and require the transportation of natural gas in intrastate commerce by intrastate pipelines, or by local distribution companies with unused or excess capacity n…

provisions. All natural gas, authorized and required to be transported pursuant to KRS 278.505 shall: (1) Be of the same quality and meet the same specifications as that natural gas being purchased by the intrastate pipeline or local distribution company as contained in the Feder…

produced in Kentucky -- Commission's duties and prohibited activities. (1) It shall be the policy of the Public Service Commission to facilitate greater utilization of the natural gas produced or available for production within the state, where this can be done without detriment …

regulation -- Regulation of transportation, distribution, or delivery of natural gas used as a motor vehicle fuel. (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the rates, terms, and conditions of service for the sale of natural gas to a compressed natural gas fuel st…

produced from coal through gasification process. If a gas distribution utility as defined in KRS 278.010(3)(b) enters into a twenty (20) year supply contract with any person for pipeline quality synthetic natural gas produced from coal through a gasification process, the commissi…

programs. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon application by a regulated utility, the commission may allow recovery of costs for investment in natural gas pipeline replacement programs which are not recovered in the existing rates of a regulated utili…

from regulation. (1) The legislature finds and determines that: (a) Competition and innovation have become commonplace in the provision of certain telecommunications services in Kentucky and the United States; (b) Flexibility in the regulation of the rates of providers of telecom…

telecommunications services. (1) Revenues derived from nonexempted, regulated telecommunications services, whether essential or nonessential, shall not be used to subsidize or otherwise give advantage to any person providing an exempted service. The commission shall require a pro…

-- Definitions -- Procedures -- Withdrawal. (1) The legislature finds and determines that: (a) Small telephone utilities lack the resources to fully participate in the existing regulatory processes, particularly under traditional rate of return and certificate of public convenien…

Telephone companies operating exchanges in different cities shall receive and transmit each other's messages without unreasonable delay or discrimination. The telephone exchange receiving any message from the exchange in which the message originated, and each other connecting exc…

(1) Whenever any telephone company desires to connect its exchange or lines with the exchange or lines of another telephone company and the latter refuses to permit this to be done upon reasonable terms, rates and conditions, the company desiring the connection may proceed as pro…

regulations. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Telecommunications provider" or "provider" means a person that provides one (1) or more telecommunications services for compensation, and its successors in interest by way of acquisition or merger, and includes a provider of regulate…