Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. Columbia Kentucky’s motion for confidential treatment is granted. 2. The designated material granted confidential treatment by this Order shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for an indefinite period or until further Order of this Commission. 3. Use of the designated material granted confidential treatment by this Order in any Commission proceeding shall comply with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 4. Columbia Kentucky shall inform the Commission if the designated material granted confidential treatment by this Order becomes publicly available or no longer qualifies for confidential treatment. 5. If a nonparty to this proceeding requests to inspect the material granted confidential treatment by this Order and the period during which the material has been granted confidential treatment has not expired, Columbia Kentucky shall have 30 days from receipt of written notice of the request to demonstrate that the material still falls within the exclusions from disclosure requirements established in KRS 61.878. If Columbia Kentucky is unable to make such demonstration, the requested material shall be made available for inspection. Otherwise, the Commission shall deny the request for inspection.

Order Entered: 1. Columbia Kentucky's proposal for modification of the October 22, 2019 Order, TCI benchmark calculation methodology, as set out on page 10 of the Cooper Testimony and revised herein, is approved effective on and after the date of this Order. 2. Within 20 days of the date of entry of this Order, Columbia Kentucky shall file, using the Commission's Electronic Tariff Filing System, revised tariff sheets that reflect the changes discussed above, and setting out that those sheets were approved pursuant to this Order. 3. All other provisions of the Commission's October 22, 2019 Order not in conflict with this Order shall remain in full force and effect. 4. This case is closed and removed from the Commission's docket.

20200716_PSC Notice of Filing Hearing Documents.pdf

Columbias Post-Hearing Brief

Brooke E. Wancheck Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.

Response to Post- Hearing Data Requests

Brooke Wancheck Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.

Proof of publication of notice of hearing in local newspapers.

Brooke Wancheck Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.

Data Request

Order Entered: 1. Post-hearing data requests shall be filed on or before June 1, 2020. 2. Responses to post-hearing data requests shall be filed on or before June 12, 2020. 3. Counsel for Columbia Kentucky may, but is not required to, file a memorandum brief in support of Columbia Kentucky's post-hearing position on or before June 24, 2020. 4. This case shall stand submitted for a decision by the Commission effective June 25, 2020.

Request for newspaper publications.

Brooke Wancheck Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.

Order Entered: 1. Columbia Kentucky's motion to convert this proceeding to an electronic case is granted. 2. Electronic filing procedures shall be followed, pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8, for all filings in this case. 3. Parties shall upload an electronic version using the Commission's Electronic Filing System. 4. Pursuant to the Commission's March 16, 2020 and March 24, 2020 Orders in Case No. 2020-00085, parties shall not file an original paper copy of any documents in this proceeding until further order of the Commission. Upon an order lifting the current state of emergency, parties shall file original paper copies of electronic documents filed in this proceeding within 30 days of the lifting of the current state of emergency. 5. The style of this case is revised to read, "Electronic Application of Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. to Extend its Gas Cost Adjustment Performance Based Rate Mechanism."

Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. Motion to Convert Case to Electronic Filing

Order Entered: 1. A hearing in this matter shall be held on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at 9 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, in the Richard Raff Hearing Room (Hearing Room 1) at the offices of the Public Service Commission at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfor

Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. Request for Hearing

Order Entered: 1. Columbia Kentucky's motion for confidential protection for designated materials contained in the response to Commission Staff's Request for Information issued January 16, 2020, is granted. 2. The designated materials shall not be placed i

Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. Response to Commission Staff Second Rehearing Request for Information

Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. Motion for Confidential Treatment

Commission Staff's Second Rehearing Request for Information to Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.

Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. Response to Commission Staff First Rehearing Request for Information

Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. Motion for Confidential Treatment

Commission Staff's First Rehearing Request for Information to Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.

Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. Direct Testimony

Memorandum dated 12/05/2019 for Informal Conference of 11/26/2019; Comments, if any, due within five days of receipt

Order Entered: 1. Columbia Kentucky's Motion is granted. 2. The Commission's October 22, 2019 final Order remains in full force and effect. 3. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order shall be followed in this case. 4. a. Responses

Order Entered: 1. Columbia Kentucky's motion for an informal conference is granted. 2. An informal conference shall be held on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time at the Commission's offices at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentu

Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. Motion for Reconsideration and Rehearing

Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. Motion for Informal Conference and to Stay the Filings of Tariff Sheets

Final Order Entered: 1. Columbia Kentucky's request to continue its PBR mechanism from March 31, 2018, through March 31, 2023, is denied. 2. Columbia Kentucky's PBR mechanism is approved to be effective upon entry of this Order through March 31, 2021, subj

Order Entered: Columbia shall continue to use its current PBR mechanism until the Commission issues a Final Order addressing Columbia's request for a five-year extension of its PBR in the pending case.

Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.’s Response to Staff's First Request for Information

Commission Staff's First Information Request to Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.

Acknowledge Receipt of Filing

Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. Application to Extend Its Gas Cost Adjustment Performance Based Rate Mechanism