Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. EKPC's petition for confidential protection for designated materials contained in its responses to Staff's First Request, Items 1 0, 14.b, 21, and 23 is granted. 2. The designated materials set forth in EKPC's responses to Staff's First Request, Items 10, 14.b., 21, and 23 shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for a period of ten years, or until further Orders of this Commission. 3. Use of the materials in question in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 4. EKPC shall inform the Commission if the materials in question become publicly available or no longer qualify for confidential treatment. 5. If a non-party to this proceeding requests to inspect materials granted confidential treatment by this Order and the period during which materials have been granted confidential treatment has not expired, EKPC shall have 20 days from receipt of written notice of request to demonstrate that materials still fall within exclusions from disclosure requirements established in KRS 61.878. If EKPC is unable to make such demonstration, the requested materials shall be made available for inspection. Otherwise, the Commission shall deny request for inspection. 6. The Commission shall not make requested materials available for inspection for 20 days following an Order finding that materials no longer qualify for confidential treatment in order to allow EKPC to seek a remedy afforded by law.

Order Entered: EKPC's petition for confidential protection for designated materials contained in the Crews Testimony, Bartling Testimony, and Read Testimony filed as exhibits to EKPC's Application is granted. 2. The designated materials set forth in the Crews Testimony, Bartling Testimony, and Read Testimony shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for a period of ten years, or until further Orders of this Commission. 3. Use of the materials in question in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 4. EKPC shall inform the Commission if the materials in question become publicly available or no longer qualify for confidential treatment. 5. If a non-party to this proceeding requests to inspect materials granted confidential treatment by this Order and the period during which the materials have

Final Order Entered: 1. EKPC's request for a CPCN for construction of the Community Solar Facility as described in EKPC's application is granted. 2. EKPC's request to assume evidences of indebtedness associated with the Community Solar Facility as described in EKPC's application is approved. 3. EKPC's motion to submit the case for a decision based upon the existing record is granted. 4. The proposed Wholesale Tariff is approved for service rendered on and after the date of this Order. 5. The proposed Retail Tariff Template is approved for use by EKPC Members in future retail community solar tariff filings. 6. Within 20 days of the date of this Order, EKPC shall file with this Commission, using the commission's electronic Tariff Filing System, the Wholesale Tariff reflecting that it was approved pursuant to this Order. 7. EKPC shall file annual reports, after the Community Solar Facility is constructed, providing information on the total number of participating retail customers, the number of participating retail customers identified by Member, and a copy of marketing materials used to promote participation in the Community Solar Facility. 8. Any documents filed pursuant to ordering paragraph 7 of this Order shall reference the number of this case and shall be retained in the utility's general correspondence file.

EKPC Motion to Submit

Memorandum dated 9/22/2016 for Informal Conference of 9/14/2016; Comments, if any, due within five days of receipt

EKPC Plans and Specs w/CD

Order Entered: 1. East Kentucky's motion for an informal conference is granted. 2. An informal conference is scheduled for Wednesday, September 14, 2016, at 9:00a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, for the purpose of discussing any issues in this matter. 3. Commission Staff will contact the parties to this matter by electronic mail to provide details for participation by telephone.

EKPC Response to Request for Information, Motion for Confidential Treatment, Affidavit of Publication and Motion to Schedule IC

EKPC Response to Request for Information, Motion for Confidential Treatment, Affidavit of Publication and Motion to Schedule IC

EKPC Response to Request for Information, Motion for Confidential Treatment, Affidavit of Publication and Motion to Schedule IC

Commission Staff's First Request for Information to East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.

Order Entered: 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. KIUC shall comply with all provisions of the Commission's regulation, 807 KAR 5:001, Section 7, related to the service and filing of documents. 4. KIUC shall adhere to the procedural schedule set forth in the Commission's August 17, 2016 Order and as amended by subsequent Orders. 5. Within seven days of entry of this Order, KIUC shall provide its electronic mail address to which all electronic documents issued by the Commission and other parties of record may be served upon KIUC in accordance with 807 KAR 5:001 , Section 4(8)(b).

Order Entered: 1. EKPC's proposed tariffs shall be investigated in this proceeding. 2. EKPC shall publish notice of the Retail Tariff Template one time in a newspaper of general circulation in EKPC members' services areas. 3. EKPC's application for approval of certain assumption of evidences of indebtedness is continued beyond the 60-day period specified in KRS 278.300(2). 4. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order shall be followed. 5. a. Responses to requests for information shall be appropriately bound, tabbed and indexed and shall include the name of the witness who will be responsible for responding to questions related to the information provided, with the original and ten copies to the Commission and copies to all parties of record. b. Each response shall be answered under oath or, for representatives of a public or private corporation or a partnership or an association or a governmental agency, be accompanied by a signed certification of the preparer or person supervising the preparation of the response on behalf of the entity that the response is true and accurate to the best of that person's knowledge, information, and belief formed after a reasonable inquiry. c. A party shall make timely amendment to any prior response if it obtains information which indicates that the response was incorrect when made or, though correct when made, is now incorrect in any material respect.

KIUC Motion to Intervene

Order Entered: 1. EKPC's request for a deviation from 807 KAR 5:001, Section 15(2)(d)(2), is granted. 2. EKPC shall provide the plans, specifications, and drawings of the proposed 8.5-MW community solar facility within ten days of obtaining the documents from Lendlease. 3. EKPC's application is considered filed as of the date of this Order.

Acknowledge Receipt of Filing

EKPC Application for Issuance of a CPC&N; Approval of Certain Assumption of Evidences of Indebtedness and Establishment of a Community Solar Tariff, Motion for Confidential Treatment and Motion for Deviation

EKPC Application for Issuance of a CPC&N; Approval of Certain Assumption of Evidences of Indebtedness and Establishment of a Community Solar Tariff, Motion for Confidential Treatment and Motion for Deviation