Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. Movant's motion for confidential protection is granted. 2. The bid tabulation sheet for which Movant seeks confidential treatment shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection indefinitely from the date of this Order. 3. If Movant objects to the time limits that the Commission has placed on the confidential treatment for the material in question, it must seek either rehearing pursuant to KRS 278.400 or judicial review of this Order pursuant to KRS 278.410. 4. Use of the material in question in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 5. Movant shall inform the Commission if the material in question becomes publicly available or no longer qualifies for confidential treatment. 6. If a non-party to this proceeding requests to inspect material granted confidential treatment by this Order and the period during which the material has been granted confidential treatment has not run, the Movant shall have 20 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 Movant is unable to make such demonstration, the requested material shall be made available for inspection.

Order Entered: The charges and credits applied by Big Rivers through the FAC for the period November 1, 2010 to October 31, 2012 are approved. 2. Big Rivers’ continued use of the existing base fuel cost of 20.932 mills per kWh is approved

Order Entered: Movant's motion for confidential protection is granted. Movant shall inform the Commission if the materials in question become publicly available or no longer qualifies for confidential treatment.

Notice of Filing Hearing Documents into the Record

Big Rivers Electric Corporation Response to Information Requested at the April 9, 2013 Hearing

Big Rivers Electric Corporation Affidavit of Publications

Big Rivers Electric Corporation Witness Substitution

Big Rivers Response to Commission Staffs Second Request for Information

COMMISSION STAFF’S SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPORATION

Big Rivers Electric Corporation Response to Information Request and Petition for Confidentiality

Order Entered: (1) BIG RIVERS shall appear in Hearing Room 1 on April 9, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. (2) Not less than 7 days nor more than 21 days prior to hearing, BIG RIVERS shall publish in newspaper of general circulation in each area in which it serves notice of purpose, time, place, and date of the. (3) BIG RIVERS shall file no later than April 5, 2013 proof of publication of its notice for hearing. (4) The Commission adopts the procedural schedule in Appendix A to this Order, which is incorporated by reference herein. (5) BIG RIVERS shall file on or before March 1, 2013, its responses to requests for information listed in Appendix B. (6) BIG RIVERS shall, on or before March 1, 2013, file written direct testimony of the witnesses BIG RIVERS intends to call at the hearing. (7) At the scheduled hearing in this matter, neither opening statements nor summarization of direct testimony shall be permitted. (8) BIG RIVERS's request to be allowed to file electronically is granted. All participants shall follow the electronic filing procedures found in 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8. (9) Intervenors may serve interrogatories and requests for production of documents upon BIG RIVERS in accordance with the procedural schedule set forth in Appendix A. (10) All documents BIG RIVERS filed with Commission pursuant to 807 KAR 5:056, Sections 1(7) and 1 (9), for the period under review are incorporated by reference into record of this proceeding.