Kentucky Public Service Commission


View Case Filings for: 2013-00221


Case Number:2013-00221
Service Type:Electric
Filing Date:6/12/2013
Category:Regular
Utilities:

Big Rivers Electric Corporation , Kenergy Corp.


Case Nature:

JOINT APPLICATION OF KENERGY CORP. AND BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPORATION FOR APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS AND FOR A DECLARATORY ORDER









Case Filings
FilingDocuments
6/18/2019 10:25:22 AM

Order Entered: 1. BREC's July 11 , 2013 petition for confidential treatment is granted in part and denied in part. 2. BREC's request for confidential treatment for the designated materials in BREC's responses to the Attorney General's and KIUC's respective Requests for Information is denied as moot. 3. BREC's request for confidential protection for the electric grid reliability study is granted. 4. Within 30 days of the date of this Order, BREC shall file revised pages reflecting as unredacted the designated materials in BREC's response to the Attorney General's and KIUC's respective Requests for Information that have been denied confidential treatment. 5. The designated materials in the July 11, 2013 petition for which confidential protection was denied shall not be placed in the public record for 30 days following the date of this Order to allow BREC to seek any remedy afforded by law. 6. The designated materials pertaining to the electric grid re liability study shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for an indefinite period, or until further Orders of this Commission. 7. Use of the designated materials pertaining to the electric grid reliability study in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 8. BREC shall inform the Commission if the designated materials pertaining to the electric grid reliability study becomes publicly available or no longer qualify for confidential treatment.


5/16/2019 10:31:27 AM

Order Entered: BREC's motion is granted.


8/14/2013 3:01:56 PM

Final Order Entered: (1) The Century Transaction Agreements are approved for service on and after August 20, 2013. (2)The Alternate Service Agreements are approved for service on and after August 20, 2013 to be effective only in the event that the Century Transaction Agreements are not executed by the parties thereto by August 20, 2013 or, if they are executed, they are terminated earlier than December 31, 2023. (3) The Applicants’ request for a declaratory order is granted as discussed in the findings above. (4) The Commission retains all jurisdiction under KRS Chapter 278 relating to the rates and service to be provided by Kenergy to Century Kentucky under the Century Transaction Agreements, including the jurisdiction to resolve all rate and service disputes arising under each of the agreements approved by this Order. (5) Big Rivers and Kenergy shall individually file within 45 days of the end of each calendar quarter a report detailing the revenues and expenses incurred by each in connection with each component of the Century Transaction Agreements. (6) Big Rivers and Kenergy shall file, within 15 days of the date of this Order, executed copies of the Century Transaction Agreements and the Alternate Service Agreements. (7) Any documents filed pursuant to ordering paragraph 5 of this Order shall reference the number of this case and shall be retained in the utility’s general correspondence file


8/12/2013

Reply of KIUC to the responses of Big Rivers, Kenergy and Century to KIUC'S motion to take administrative notice


8/9/2013

Kenergy Corp and BREC Joint Response to the Motion of KIUC to Take Administrative Notice


8/8/2013

KIUC Motion To Take Administrative Notice


8/8/2013

Century Aluminum of Kentucky Response to Motion of KIUC to Take Administrative Notice


8/6/2013

KIUC Brief


8/5/2013

Kenergy Corp and BREC Joint Post-Hearing Brief


8/5/2013

Century Aluminum of Kentucky General Partnership Post-Hearing Brief


8/5/2013

Attorney General's Post Hearing Brief


8/2/2013 9:44:09 AM

Notice of Filing Hearing Documents


8/1/2013

Century Aluminum of Kentucky's Response to Hearing Data Request


8/1/2013

Kenergy and Big Rivers' Response to Post Hearing Request for Information


7/30/2013 9:05:15 AM

Order Entered: The Applicants' motion to strike is denied and the Sierra Club's comments are accepted for filing as comments by a non-party.


7/25/2013

BREC Rebuttal Testimony of Robert W. Berry


7/25/2013

Kenergy Corp Rebuttal Testimony of Gregory J. Starheim


7/23/2013

Ben Taylor and Sierra Club's Response in Opposition to Big Rivers and Kenergy's Motion to Strike Comments


7/22/2013

KIUC Direct Testimony and Exhibits of Lane Kollen


7/22/2013

Kenergy Corp and BREC Motion to Strike Comments of Ben Taylor and Sierra Club


7/19/2013 12:45:35 PM

Order Entered: The Movants' petition for full intervention is denied.


7/19/2013

Century Aluminum of Kentucky Direct Testimony of Donald J Morrow, Quanta Technology, LLC with exhibits; Direct Testimony of Sean Byrne, Plant Manager-Hawesville Smelter, with exhibits; and Direct Testimony of Michael Early, Corporate Energy Director


7/19/2013

Century Aluminum of Kentucky Entry of Appearance of David C Brown


7/19/2013

Ben Taylor and Sierra Club Comments


7/19/2013

AG's Comments in Lieu of Testimony


7/15/2013

Ben Taylor and Sierra Clubs Reply in Support of Petition for Full Intervention


7/11/2013

BREC Petition For Confidential Treatment and Motion For Deviation


7/11/2013

Kenergy and BREC Response to Commission Staff's Initial Request for Information


7/11/2013

Kenergy Corp and BREC Response to KIUC's Initial Request for Information


7/11/2013

BREC and Kenergy Corp Response to the Office of the AG's Initial Request for Information


7/11/2013

Kenergy Corp's Response to Sierra Club's Motion to Intervene


7/8/2013

BREC Response and Objection to the Petition of Ben Taylor and Sierra Club for Full Intervention


7/3/2013

KIUC's First Set of Data Request to BREC


7/2/2013 1:33:24 PM

Commission Staff's Initial Request for Information to Big Rivers Electric Corporation


7/2/2013

AG's Initial Data Requests


7/1/2013

Ben Taylor and Sierra Club Petition For Full Intervention


6/28/2013 4:25:28 PM

Order Entered: (1) The motion of Meade RECC to intervene is granted. (2) Meade RECC shall be entitled to the full rights of a party and shall be served with the Commission's Orders and with filed testimony, exhibits, pleadings, correspondence, and all other documents submitted by parties after the date of this Order. (3) Should Meade RECC file documents of any kind with the Commission in the course of these proceedings, Meade RECC shall also serve a copy of said documents on all other parties of record.


6/28/2013 2:37:41 PM

Order Entered: The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix attached hereto and incorporated herein shall be followed.


6/28/2013 12:45:27 PM

Order Entered: The motion of JPEC to intervene is granted. 2. JPEG shall be entitled to the full rights of a party and shall be served with the Commission’s Orders and with filed testimony, exhibits, pleadings, correspondence, and all other documents submitted by parties after the date of this Order. 3. Should JPEC file documents of any kind with the Commission in the course of these proceedings, JPEC shall also serve a copy of said documents on all other parties of record.


6/27/2013 12:35:16 PM

Order Entered: Robert A. Weishaar, Jr. is admitted pro hac vice for the purpose of representing Century in the above-styled proceeding, provided that Bernard F. Lovely, Jr. or another member of the Kentucky Bar Association acts as co-counsel and is present at any and all proceedings before this Commission.


6/27/2013

Meade County RECC Motion to Intervene


6/26/2013

BREC Compliance Filing


6/25/2013

JPEC Motion to Intervene


6/21/2013 3:08:49 PM

1. The motion of KIUC to intervene is granted. 2. KIUC shall be entitled to the full rights of a party and shall be served with the Commission’s Orders and with filed testimony, exhibits, pleadings, correspondence, and all other documents submitted by parties after the date of this Order. 3. Should KIUC file documents of any kind with the Commission in the course of these proceedings, KIUC shall also serve a copy of said documents on all other parties of record.


6/21/2013 2:51:14 PM

Order Entered: 1. The motion of Century to intervene is granted. 2. Century shall be entitled to the full rights of a party and shall be served with the Commission’s Orders and with filed testimony, exhibits, pleadings, correspondence, and all other documents submitted by parties after the date of this Order. 3. Should Century file documents of any kind with the Commission in the course of these proceedings, Century shall also serve a copy of said documents on all other parties of record.


6/21/2013 2:45:44 PM

Order Entered: The motion is granted and the Attorney General is hereby made a party to these proceedings.


6/19/2013 2:12:40 PM

Order Entered: An informal conference shall be held on Thursday, June 20, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, in Conference Room 1 at the Commission’s offices in Frankfort, Kentucky, for the purposes requested in KIUC’s motion. Staff counsel will provide the call-in information to any party who wishes to attend by telephone.


6/18/2013

Central Aluminum of Kentucky General Partnership Motion To Intervene


6/18/2013

Century Aluminum of Kentucky General Partnership Motion For Admission Pro Hac Vice


6/17/2013

KIUC Motion For Informal Conference to Set Procedural Schedule and to Discuss Interim Approval of The Transaction Before August 20, 2013 Subject to Final Commission Review at a Later Date


6/14/2013

KIUC Petition to Intervene


6/14/2013

BREC Revised Exhibit 13 Alternate Service Agreement


6/14/2013

AG's Motion to Intervene


6/12/2013 3:25:51 PM

Acknowledge Receipt of Filing


6/12/2013

Joint Application of Kenergy Corp. and Big Rivers Electric Corporation for Approval of Contracts and for a Declaratory Order