Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. Jackson Purchase Energy’s motions for confidential treatment are granted in part and denied in part. 2. Jackson Purchase Energy’s January 26, 2024 motion for confidential treatment for Exhibits 1 through 5 to the application is granted for a period of five years, except for the total Aclara bid amount found in Exhibits 1, 2, and 5, which is denied confidential treatment. Jackson Purchase Energy shall file a public version of these documents with everything redacted except the Aclara name and the total Aclara bid amount. 3. Jackson Purchase Energy’s March 25, 2024 motion for confidential treatment for Exhibits A and B to Jackson Purchase Energy’s Response to Staff’s First Request, Item 1, is granted for a period of five years, except for the total Aclara bid amount found in Exhibits A and B, which is denied confidential treatment. Jackson Purchase Energy shall file a public version of these documents with everything redacted except the Aclara name and the total Aclara bid amount. 4. Jackson Purchase Energy’s March 25, 2024 motion for confidential treatment for Exhibit D to Jackson Purchase Energy’s Response to Staff’s First Request, Item 5 is denied. However, Jackson Purchase Energy shall redact all addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers from the document.

Final Order Entered: 1. Jackson Purchase Energy’s request for a CPCN for the proposed project described in its application is granted. 2. Jackson Purchase Energy’s motion for deviation from periodic or sample meter testing required by 807 KAR 5:041, Sections 15 and 16,³° is granted. However, Jackson Purchase Energy shall continue to test all meters removed from service per 807 KAR 5:041, Section 15(3). 3. Jackson Purchase Energy shall resume periodic or sample meter testing required by 807 KAR 5:041, Sections 15 and 16, on or before January 31, 2026. 4. Jackson Purchase Energy shall immediately notify the Commission upon knowledge of any material changes to the project, including, but not limited to, a material increase in costs and any significant delays in construction. 5. Any material deviation from the construction approved by this Order shall be undertaken only with the prior approval of the Commission. 6. Jackson Purchase Energy shall file with the Commission documentation of the total costs of the projects, including the cost of construction and all other capitalized costs, (e.g. engineering, legal, administrative, etc.) within 60 days of the date that construction authorized under this CPCN is substantially completed. Construction costs shall be classified into appropriate plant accounts in accordance with the Uniform System of Accounts for electric utilities as prescribed by the Commission.

Responses to Staffs Second Request for Information and Motion to Submit

Heather Temple Jackson Purchase

Data Request

Responses to Staffs First Request for Information and Motion for Confidential Treatment

Heather Temple Jackson Purchase

Data Request

Order Entered: 1. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order shall be followed. If any intervenors are permitted to intervene in this case, the procedural schedule will be amended to allow intervenor discovery. 2. Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation (Jackson Purchase) shall respond to all requests for information propounded by Commission Staff, whether identified on the procedural schedule or otherwise, as provided in those requests. 3. Any party filing a paper with the Commission shall file an electronic copy in accordance with the electronic filing procedures set forth in 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8. Electronic documents shall be in portable document format (PDF), shall be searchable, and shall be appropriately bookmarked. The Commission directs the parties to the Commission’s July 22, 2021 Order in Case No. 2020-00085¹ regarding filings with the Commission. 4. As set forth in 807 KAR 5:001, Section 4(11)(a), a person requesting permissive intervention in a Commission proceeding is required to demonstrate either (1) a special interest in the proceeding that is not adequately represented in the case, or (2) that the person requesting permissive intervention is likely to present issues or develop facts that will assist the Commission in fully considering the matter without unduly complicating or disrupting the proceedings.

20240130_PSC No Deficiency Letter.pdf

Application for CPCN.

Heather Temple Jackson Purchase

20240119_PSC Acknowledgment Letter.pdf

Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation Notice of Intent to File an Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Authorizing the Installation of a New Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) System Using Electronic Filing Procedures