Kentucky Public Service Commission


View Case Filings for: 2019-00365


Case Number:2019-00365
Service Type:Electric
Filing Date:10/18/2019
Category:Regular
Utilities:

Big Rivers Electric Corporation , Meade County R.E.C.C.


Electronic Case
Case Nature:

ELECTRONIC JOINT APPLICATION OF BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPORATION AND MEADE COUNTY RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION FOR (1) APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE WITH NUCOR CORPORATION; AND (2) APPROVAL OF TARIFF









Case Filings
FilingDocuments
9/30/2020 2:42:56 PM

Order Entered: 1. BREC's August 13, 2020 motion for confidential protection is granted. 2. The designated materials shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for an indefinite period or until further Order of this Commission. 3. Use of the material in question in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 4. BREC shall inform the Commission if the material in question becomes publicly available or no longer qualifies for confidential treatment.


8/17/2020 3:14:28 PM

Final Order Entered: 1. The retail contract for electric service between Meade County RECC and Nucor and the wholesale letter agreement between BREC and Meade County RECC as described in the application is approved. 2. The proposed LICX Tariff as described in the application is approved effective on and after the date of entry of this Order. 3. Within 20 days of the date of this Order, BREC and Meade County RECC shall file with the Commission, using the Commission's electronic Tariff Filing System, the retail contract for electric service and wholesale letter agreement approved herein. 4. Within 20 days of the date of this Order, BREC shall file with the Commission, using the Commission's electronic Tariff Filing System, the LICX Tariff sheets approved herein reflecting their effective date and that they were approved pursuant to this Order. 5. During any rate proceedings by BREC or Meade County RECC filed subsequent to the effective date of the Nucor retail electric service agreement and the wholesale letter agreement and throughout the terms of these two agreements, BREC or Meade County RECC shall demonstrate through detailed cost of service analysis that its other ratepayers are not adversely affected by the contract rate paid by Nucor during the retail electric service agreement.


8/13/2020 12:25:41 PM

Responses of Big Rivers, Meade County RECC, and Nucor Corporation to Staffs 3rd Information request dated August 11, 2020


Roger Hickman Big Rivers Electric Corporation

Big_Rivers_Motion_for_Confidential_Treatment.pdf

Big Rivers Motion for Confidential Treatment

Read1st_-_Big_Rivers_Filing_Letter.pdf

Read 1st File w/ Big Rivers Filing Letter

Responses_to_Staffs_3rd_Request_for_Information.pdf

Responses of Parties to Staff's Third Information Request

8/11/2020 4:48:56 PM

Data Request


4/14/2020 5:32:36 PM

Reformatted Filings in CN 2019-00365. Originally filed December 11, 2019 and December 20, 2019


Tyson Kamuf Big Rivers Electric Corporation

Big_Rivers_and_Meade_County_RECC_REFORMATTED_responses_to_Staffs_2nd_IRs.pdf

REFORMATTED Big Rivers' and Meade Co. RECC's Rsp to Commission's 12-20-2019 Info. Req.

Big_Rivers_REFORMATTED_Response_to_Staffs_Initial_Request_for_Information.pdf

REFORMATTED Big Rivers' Rsp to Commission's 11-22-2019 Info. Req.

Cover_Letter-Read_First.pdf

Cover Letter - Read First

3/12/2020 11:50:52 AM

Order Entered: 1. Joint Movants' October 21, 2019 motion for confidential protection is granted. 2. The designated materials shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for an indefinite period or until further Order of this Commission. 3. Use of the material in question in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 4. Joint Movants shall inform the Commission if the material in question becomes publicly available or no longer qualifies for confidential treatment. 5. If a non-party to this proceeding requests to inspect the material granted confidential treatment by this Order and the period during which the material has been granted confidential treatment has not expired, Joint Movants shall have 30 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 Joint Movants are unable to make such demonstration, the requested material shall be made available for inspection. Otherwise, the Commission shall deny the request for inspection. 6. The Commission shall not make the requested material available for inspection for 30 days following an Order finding that the material no longer qualifies for confidential treatment in order to allow Joint Movants to seek a remedy afforded by law.


1/28/2020 3:15:42 PM

Order Entered: 1. BREC's January 13, 2020 motion for confidential protection is granted. 2. The designated materials for which BREC seeks confidential protection shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for an indefinite period or until further Order of this Commission. 3. Use of the material in question in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001 , Section 13(9). 4. BREC shall inform the Commission if the material in question becomes publicly available or no longer qualifies for confidential treatment. 5. If a non-party to this proceeding requests to inspect the material granted confidential treatment by this Order and the period during which the material has been granted confidential treatment has not expired, BREC shall have 30 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 BREC is unable to make such demonstration, the requested material shall be made available for inspection. Otherwise, the Commission shall deny the request for inspection. 6. The Commission shall not make the requested material available for inspection for 30 days following an Order finding that the material no longer qualifies for confidential treatment in order to allow BREC to seek a remedy afforded by law.


1/27/2020 3:17:40 PM

Order Entered: 1. BREC's January 13, 2020 motion for confidential protection is granted. 2. The designated materials for which BREC seeks confidential protection shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for an indefinite period or until further Order of this Commission. 3. Use of the material in question in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 4. BREC shall inform the Commission if the material in question becomes publicly available or no longer qualifies for confidential treatment. 5. If a non-party to this proceeding requests to inspect the material granted confidential treatment by this Order and the period during which the material has been granted confidential treatment has not expired, BREC shall have 30 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 BREC is unable to make such demonstration, the requested material shall be made available for inspection. Otherwise, the Commission shall deny the request for inspection.


1/22/2020 12:20:09 PM

Order Entered: 1. BREC's December 13, 2019 motion for confidential protection is granted. 2. The designated materials for which BREC seeks confidential protection shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for an indefinite period or until further Order of this Commission. 3. Use of the material in question in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 4. BREC shall inform the Commission if the material in question becomes publicly available or no longer qualifies for confidential treatment. 5. If a non-party to this proceeding requests to inspect the material granted confidential treatment by this Order and the period during which the material has been granted confidential treatment has not expired, BREC shall have 30 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 BREC is unable to make such demonstration, the requested material shall be made available for inspection. Otherwise, the Commission shall deny the request for inspection. 6. The Commission shall not make the requested material available for inspection for 30 days following an Order finding that the material no longer qualifies for confidential treatment in order to allow BREC to seek a remedy afforded by law.


1/17/2020 1:30:59 PM

Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Meade County RECCs waiver of hearing and request for decision on the existing record pursuant to the Commissions October 30, 2019, Order


Tyson Kamuf Big Rivers Electric Corporation

Read1st.pdf

BREC and MCRECC's waiver of hearing and request for decision based on existing record

1/10/2020 9:12:02 AM

Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Meade County RECCs first update to Item 5 of the Commission Staffs First Request for Information


Tyson Kamuf Big Rivers Electric Corporation

Big_Rivers_and_Meade_County_RECC_1st_Update_to_Item_5_of_Staffs_Initial_IRs.pdf

Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Meade County RECC's first update to Item 5 of the Commission Staff's First Request for Information

Motion_for_Confidential_Treatment_-_first_update_to_PSC_1-5.pdf

Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Meade County RECC's motion for confidential treatment

1/10/2020 9:06:51 AM

Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Meade County RECCs responses to the Commission Staffs Second Request for Information


Tyson Kamuf Big Rivers Electric Corporation

Big_Rivers_and_Meade_County_RECC_responses_to_Staffs_2nd_IRs.pdf

Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Meade County RECC's responses to the Commission Staff's Second Request for Information

Motion_for_Confidential_Treatment_-_PSC_2.pdf

Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Meade County RECC's motion for confidential treatment

Read1st_-_PSC_2.pdf

Read1st cover letter

12/20/2019 12:27:54 PM

Data Request


12/11/2019 2:11:10 PM

Big Rivers Electric Corporations responses to the Commission Staffs Initial Request for Information


Tyson Kamuf Big Rivers Electric Corporation

Big_Rivers_Response_to_Staffs_Initial_Request_for_Information.pdf

Redacted version of Big Rivers Electric Corporation's responses to the Commission Staff's Initial Request for Information

CN_2019-00365_-_Motion_for_Confidential_Treatment_-_PSC_1.pdf

Big Rivers Electric Corporation's Motion for Confidential Treatment

CN_2019-00365_-_Motion_for_Deviation_-_PSC_1.pdf

Big Rivers Electric Corporation's Motion for Deviation

Read1st.pdf

Read1st cover letter

11/25/2019 10:26:52 AM

Certification of Electronic Service


M Todd Osterloh Nucor Corporation

11/22/2019 11:37:20 AM

Data Request


11/22/2019 11:03:23 AM

Order Entered: 1. The motion of Nucor to intervene is granted. 2. Nucor 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. Nucor shall comply with all provisions of the Commission's regulations, 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8, related to the service and electronic filing of documents. 4. Nucor shall adhere to the procedural schedule set forth in the Commission's October 30, 2019 Order and as amended by subsequent Orders. 5. Pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8(9), within seven days of entry of this Order, Nucor shall file a written statement with the Commission that: a. Certifies that it, or its agent, possesses the facilities to receive electronic transmissions; and b. Sets forth the electronic mail address to which all electronic notices and messages related to this proceeding should be served.


11/20/2019 4:51:46 PM

Rural Utilities Service (RUS) approval letter of the proposed agreements between Big Rivers Electric Corporation, Meade County Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation and Nucor Corporation


Michael L. Kurtz Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Meade County Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation

Cover_Ltr__2019-00365.pdf

Cover Ltr - Read 1st

11/15/2019 3:51:59 PM

Motion to Intervene


M Todd Osterloh Nucor Corporation

10/30/2019 10:41:51 AM

Order Entered: 1. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order shall be followed in this proceeding. 2. a. Responses to requests for information in paper medium shall be appropriately bound, tabbed, and indexed, with the original and an electronic version to the Commission. Electronic documents shall be in portable document format (PDF), shall be searchable, and shall be appropriately bookmarked. Each response shall include the name of the witness responsible for responding to the questions related to the information provided. 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.


10/24/2019 9:18:16 AM

Affidavit certifying that Big Rivers provided notice to its customers of tariff filing


Tyson Kamuf Big Rivers Electric Corporation

Big_Rivers_Certificate_of_Customer_Notice.pdf

Certificate of notice to customers of tariff filing

Read1st.pdf

Read1st cover letter

10/18/2019 10:46:32 AM

Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Meade County Rural Electric Cooperative Motion for Confidential Protection


Michael L. Kurtz Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Meade County Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation

Motion_for_Confidential_Protection__2019-00365.pdf

Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Meade County Rural Electric Cooperative Motion of Confidential Protection

Read_1st_Ltr.pdf

Read 1st Letter

10/18/2019 10:41:29 AM

Joint Application of Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Meade County Rural Electric Cooperative for Approval of Contracts for Electric Service with Nucor Corporation and Approval of Tariff


Michael L. Kurtz Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Meade County Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation

Read_1st_Ltr.pdf

Read 1st Letter

9/27/2019 11:59:21 AM

20190927_PSC Acknowledgment Letter.pdf


9/27/2019

Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Meade County Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation Notice of Intent to File an Application for (1) Approval of Contracts for Electric Service with Nucor Corporation; and (2) Approval of Tariff Using Electronic Filing Pr


20190927_Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Meade County Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation Notice of Intent and Election.pdf

Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Meade County Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation Notice of Intent and Election