Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. Duke Kentucky's January 28, 2015, and February 13, 2015 petitions for confidential protection are granted. 2. The designated materials shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for ten years, or until further Orders of this Commission. 3. Use of the designated materials in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 4. Duke Kentucky shall inform the Commission if the designated materials become publicly available or no longer qualify for confidential treatment. 5. If a non-party to this proceeding requests to inspect the designated materials granted confidential treatment by this Order and the period during which the materials have been granted confidential treatment has not expired, Duke Kentucky shall have 30 days from receipt of written notice of the request to demonstrate that the materials still fall within the exclusions from disclosure requirements established in KRS 61.878. If Duke Kentucky is unable to make such demonstration, the requested materials shall be made available for inspection. Otherwise, the Commission shall deny the request for inspection. 6. The Commission shall not make the designated materials available for inspection for 30 days following an Order finding that the materials no longer qualify for confidential treatment in order to allow Duke Kentucky to seek a remedy afforded by law.

Final Order Entered: 1. Duke's request to continue its hedging program is denied, and it shall cease hedging activities as of the date of this Order. 2. Duke shall reflect in its Gas Cost Adjustment applications the net cost and benefits of its previously approved hedging activities associated with its natural gas procurement and supply performed through October 31, 2017.

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.s Responses to Staffs First Set of Data Requests

Kristen Ryan Rocco DAscenzo

Data Request

Application of Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. to implement a hedging program to mitigate price volatility in the procurement of natural gas

Kristen Ryan Rocco DAscenzo

20150126_PSC_Acknowledgement Letter.pdf

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. Notice of Intent to File Application to Implement a Hedging Program to Mitigate Price Volatility in the Procurement of Natural Gas