Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. Nolin RECC's December 29, 2016, February 16, 2017, March 15, 2017, March 21, 2017, and April 21, 2017 petitions for confidential protection are granted. 2. The designated materials in Nolin's December 29. 2016, March 21, 2017, and April 21, 2017 petitions 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. 3. The designated materials in Nolin's February 16, 2017 Petition Responses and March 15, 2017 Petition Responses shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for ten years or until further Orders of this Commission. 4. Use of the designated materials in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 5. Nolin RECC shall inform the Commission if the designated materials become publicly available or no longer qualify for confidential treatment.

Final Order Entered: 1. The rates proposed by Nolin are denied. 2. The rates set forth in the Appendix to this Order are approved for services rendered by Nolin on and after the date of this Order. 3. Within 20 days of the date of this Order, Nolin shall file with this Commission, using the Commission's electronic Tariff Filing System, new tariff sheets setting forth the rates and charges approved herein and reflecting their effective date and that they were authorized by this Order. 4. In future rate applications, Nolin shall perform a formal study that provides local wage and benefit information for the geographic area in which Nolin operates, and which shall include state data where available. 5. Nolin shall perform a depreciation study within five years from the date of this Order, or in connection with the filing of its next rate case, whichever is earlier.

AG Post Hearing Brief

Nolin RECC Response to AG Post Hearing Data Request

Nolin RECC Response to Post Hearing Request for Information

Notice of Filing Hearing Documents

Commission Staff's Post-Hearing Request for Information to Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation

AG Post Hearing Data Request

Nolin RECC affidavit of mailing with tear sheet

Nolin RECC Response to Fifth Request for Information

Nolin RECC Supplemental Responses to AG Supplemental Request

COMMISSION STAFF'S FIFTH REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO NOLIN RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION

Nolin RECC Response to Fourth Request for Information w/Flash Drive

Commission Staff's Fourth Request for Information to Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation

Order Entered: 1. The Commission's Order entered on March 13, 2017, is amended to the limited extent that the hearing previously scheduled on May 10, 2017, is rescheduled to Thursday, May 18, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, at the offices of the Public Service Commission at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky. 2. All provisions of the Commission's March 13, 2017 Order that are not in conflict with this Order shall remain in effect.

Nolin RECC Supplemental Response to Item 23

AG notice of withdrawal and substitution of counsel

Nolin RECC Confidential Files on CD Inadvertently Omitted from Supplemental Filing of March 6, 2017

Nolin RECC Response to Third Request for Information with Flash Drive and Motion for Confidential Treatment

Nolin RECC Response to Third Request for Information with Flash Drive and Motion for Confidential Treatment

Nolin RECC Response to AGs Supplemental Request for Information with Flash Drive

Order Entered: Petitioner's request to intervene is denied.

Order Entered: 1. A hearing in this matter shall be held on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at 9:00a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, at the offices of the Public Service Commission at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky. 2. Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation ("Nolin RECC") shall give notice of the hearing in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 9(2)(b). In addition, the notice of hearing shall include the following statement: "This hearing will be streamed live and may be viewed on the PSC website, psc.ky.gov." At the time the notice is mailed or publication is requested, Nolin RECC shall forward a duplicate of the notice and request to the Commission. 3. Pursuant to KRS 278.360 and 807 KAR 5:001, Section 9(9)(a), the record of the formal hearing in this matter shall be by digital video recording.

Nolin RECC Response to IC Request Exhibits in Excel Format on CD

Memorandum dated 3/02/2017 for Informal Conference of 03/01/2017; Comments, if any, due within five days of receipt

Commission Staff's Third Request for Information to Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation

AG's Supplemental Request for Information

Commission Staff's Notice of Informal Conference

Memo Filing Document into the Record

Nolin RECC Motion for Leave to File Late Response and Response to AG Request for Information

Nolin RECC Motion for Leave to File Late Response and Response to AG Request for Information

Nolin RECC Response to Second Data Request w/Flash Drive and Petition for Confidential Treatment

Nolin RECC Response to Second Data Request w/Flash Drive and Petition for Confidential Treatment

Order Entered: 1. Nolin's Motion for extension of time is granted. 2. Nolin's responses to the information requested by Commission staff and the AG shall be filed on or before February 17, 2017. 3. The procedural schedule previously established in this matter is amended as set forth in the Appendix to this Order and shall be followed for the remainder of this proceeding.

AG Response to Motion for Extension of Time

Nolin RECC Motion for Extension of Time

Nolin RECC Affidavit of Mailing

Commission Staff's Revised Second Request for Information to Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation

AG Response to Order

Mark David Goss Notice of Entry of Appearance for Nolin RECC

Commission Staff's Second Request for Information to Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation

AG Request for Information

Order Entered: 1. The motion of the Attorney General to intervene is granted. 2. The Attorney General 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. The Attorney General 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. The Attorney General shall adhere to the procedural schedule set forth in the Commission's January 13, 2017 Order and as amended by subsequent Orders. 5. Within seven days from the date of this Order, the Attorney General shall provide his electronic mail address to which all electronic documents issued by the Commission and other parties of record may be served upon the Attorney General in accordance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 4(8)(b).

AG motion to intervene (GOAD)

Order Entered: 1. Nolin's rates are suspended for five months from February 3, 2017, up to and including July 2, 2017. 2. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, shall be followed. 3. a. Responses to requests for information in paper medium shall be appropriately bound, tabbed, and indexed and shall include the name of the witness responsible for responding to questions related to the information provided, with copies to all parties of record and ten copies to the Commission. 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. Any 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. d. For any request to which a party fails or refuses to furnish all or part of the requested information, that party shall provide a written explanation of the specific grounds for its failure to completely and precisely respond.

Deficiency Cured Letter

Nolin RECC Response to Deficiencies

Nolin RECC Response to Request for Information and Motion for Confidential Treatment

Nolin RECC Response to Request for Information and Motion for Confidential Treatment

Nolin RECC Response to Request for Information and Motion for Confidential Treatment

Deficiency Letter

Jonathan Myers Request for Intervention

Order Entered: 1. Nolin R.E.C.C.'s motion to utilize paper filing procedures is granted. 2. The Commission's Order entered October 21, 2016, is amended to the extent that from today forward this case shall be processed utilizing paper filing procedures. 3. The style of this case is revised to remove the reference to "Electronic."

Acknowledge Receipt of Filing

Nolin RECC Application for an Adjustment of Existing Rates

Nolin RECC Motion to Convert

Commission Staff's First Request for Information to Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation

Acknowledge Receipt of Filing

Nolin RECC Revised Notice of Intent

Order Entered: Nolin RECC shall file a revised notice of intent stating the test period to be used in support of its rate application and a date for filing the rate application which is at least 30 days from the date of the revised notice.

Order Entered: 1. All future correspondence or filings in connection with this case shall reference the above case number. 2. All documents submitted in this proceeding shall comply with the Commission’s rules of procedure as set forth in 807 KAR 5:001 and any deviation from these rules shall be submitted in writing to the Commission for consideration. 3. Any party filing a paper shall upload an electronic version using the Commission's E-Filing System and shall file an original and six copies in paper medium, except that only two copies in paper medium shall be filed of maps, plans, specifications, and drawings pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 15(2)(d). 4. Any request for confidential treatment of material submitted shall conform to the requirements in 807 KAR 5:001(13). 5. Materials submitted to the Commission which do not comply with the rules of procedure or that do not have an approved deviation are subject to rejection pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 3.

Nolin RECC Notice of Intent to File Application for General Rate Increase Using Electronic Filing Procedures