View Case Filings for: 2025-00342

Final Order Entered: 1. The charges and credits applied by Duke Kentucky through the FAC for the period from November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2024, are approved. 2. Duke Kentucky’s proposed base fuel cost of $0.035797 per kWh is approved. 3. Beginning with the expense month of September 2026, Duke Kentucky shall use a FAC rate based upon a base fuel cost of $0.035797per kWh. 4. Duke Kentucky shall increase its base energy rates by $0.002017 per kWh for service rendered on and after September 1, 2026 to reflect the increase of $0.002017 per kWh to Duke Kentucky’s base fuel costs, which is the differential between the prior base fuel cost of $0.033780 per kWh and the new base fuel cost of $0.035797 per kWh. 5. Within 20 days of the date of this Order, Duke Kentucky shall file, using the Commission's electronic Tariff Filing System, its revised tariff sheets with the Commission setting out the increase in its base energy rates discussed herein, and reflecting that they were approved pursuant to this Order. 6. Duke Kentucky’s January 23, 2026 Petition for Confidential Treatment is granted.

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.s Request to Submit Case on the Record

Minna Sunderman Larisa M. Vaysman

Order Entered: 1. The procedural schedule issued December 19, 2025, shall be amended. 2. Duke Kentucky shall request a public hearing or submit a request for the matter to be decided based upon the written record on or before June 1, 2026. 3. All provisions of the Commission’s December 19, 2025 Order that are in conflict with the provisions of this Order are vacated, and all other provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this Order shall remain in effect. 4. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Commission from entering further Orders in this matter.

Duke Energy Kentucky Inc.s Response to Commission Staffs Third Request for Information

Charlene Barlow LARISA VAYSMAN

Data Request

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.s Response to Commission Staffs Second Request for Information and Petition for Confidential Treatment

Charlene Barlow Larisa Vaysman

Data Request

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.s Direct Testimonies and Responses to Staffs First Request for Information.

Charlene Barlow Larisa Vaysman

Order Entered: 1. The procedural schedule set forth in Appendix A to this Order shall be followed. 2. The Commission directs the parties to the Commission’s July 22, 2021 Order in Case No. 2020-00085 regarding filings with the Commission. 3. On or before the date set forth in the procedural schedule, Duke Kentucky shall file its responses to the Commission Staff’s request for information, attached to this Order as Appendix B. 4. Duke Kentucky shall respond to any additional requests for information propounded by Commission Staff as provided in those requests. 5. Duke Kentucky shall provide its response to the request for information issued by Commission Staff in full. In providing its responses, Duke Kentucky shall refrain from referring back to a similar question asked in a prior six-month period FAC review case. Duke Kentucky may refer to a response filed in a prior FAC review case but shall still furnish all of the requested information and make note if the response merits no change. Should the response merit change, then Duke Kentucky may reference the response provided in a prior six-month review case and explain in detail what changes have occurred since the response was given. 6. Duke Kentucky shall file with the Commission, no later than the date set forth in the procedural schedule attached as Appendix A, written direct testimony of the witnesses Duke Kentucky intends to call at the scheduled hearing in this matter.