Kentucky Public Service Commission

Final Order Entered: 1. Columbia Kentucky’s proposal to extend the PBR mechanism without modification is denied. 2. The current gas cost sharing calculation shall be modified as required herein, so that variances from 0 to 4.5 percent of Columbia Kentucky’s Actual Gas Costs are shared 70 percent to ratepayers and 30 percent to shareholders, with sharing thereafter allocated 50/50 between Columbia Kentucky and its customers. 3. Columbia Kentucky’s PBR mechanism, with the modification required herein, is extended through March 31, 2024. 4. Within 60 days after March 31, 2023, Columbia Kentucky shall file an evaluation report on the results of the PBR mechanism for the PBR years ending in 2021 through 2023. This report shall be considered in any proceeding established to continue, modify, or terminate the PBR mechanism. 5. Within 20 days of the date of this Order, Columbia Kentucky shall file with this Commission, using the Commission’s electronic Tariff Filing System, revised tariff sheets setting out the PBR tariff revision approved herein and reflecting that they were approved pursuant to this Order. 6. All documents filed in the future pursuant to ordering paragraph 4 herein shall reference this case number and shall be retained in the post-case correspondence file, unless filed with a request to extend or modify the PBR mechanism. 7. This case is closed and removed from the Commission’s docket.

Order Entered: 1. Columbia Kentucky’s motion for confidential treatment is granted. 2. The designated material granted confidential treatment by this Order 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 designated material granted confidential treatment by this Order in any Commission proceeding shall comply with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 4. Columbia Kentucky shall inform the Commission if the designated material granted confidential treatment by this Order becomes publicly available or no longer qualifies for confidential treatment.

Motion of Columbia Gas of Kentucky for a Decision on the Record

John Ryan Columbia Gas of Kentucky

Columbia Gas Response to Staffs Second Request for Information

John Ryan Columbia Gas of Kentucky

Data Request

Columbia Gas Response to Staff First Request for Information

John Ryan Columbia Gas of Kentucky

Data Request

Notice of Withdrawal and Substitution of Counsel

John Ryan Columbia Gas of Kentucky

Order Entered: 1. Columbia Kentucky shall continue to use its current PBR mechanism until the Commission issues a final Order addressing Columbia Kentucky’s request for a three- year extension of its PBR in the pending case. 2. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order shall be followed. 3. 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 that indicates the response was incorrect when made or, though correct when made, is now incorrect in any material respect.

Application of Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. to Extend its Gas Cost Incentive Adjustment Performance Based Rate Mechansim

Brooke E. Wancheck Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.

20201123_PSC Acknowledgment Letter.pdf

Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. Notice of Intent to File an Application to Extend Its Performance Based Rate Making Mechanism Using Electronic Filing Procedures