Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. Duke Kentucky’s December 11, 2020 and February 15, 2021 motions for confidential treatment are granted in part and denied in part. 2. Duke Kentucky’s December 11, 2020 motion for confidential treatment for negotiated lease pricing is granted. 3. Duke Kentucky’s December 11, 2020, motion for confidential treatment for estimated construction costs is denied. 4. Duke Kentucky’s February 15, 2021, motion for confidential treatment for negotiated lease amounts, third-party contract management procedures, and customer- specific information is granted. 5. Duke Kentucky’s February 15, 2021, motion for confidential treatment for market forecasts of RECs in 2021 and 2022 is denied. 6. The designated material contained in the December 11, 2020 and February 15, 2021 motions that was granted confidential treatment by this Order shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for ten years or until further order of this Commission. 7. 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). 8. Duke Kentucky shall inform the Commission if the designated material granted confidential treatment becomes publicly available or no longer qualifies for confidential treatment.

Final Order Entered: 1. Duke Kentucky’s application for a declaratory order is granted. 2. The Solar Installation as proposed and discussed herein is properly classified as an ordinary extension of existing systems in the usual course of business, and a CPCN, pursuant to KRS 278.020(1), is not required for its construction. 3. Duke Kentucky shall file a notice with the Commission when the Solar Installation has been constructed. 4. Any documents filed in the future pursuant to ordering paragraph 3 herein shall reference this case number and shall be retained in the post-case correspondence file. 5. The Executive Director is delegated authority to grant reasonable extension of time for the filing of any documents required by ordering paragraph 3 of this Order upon Duke Kentucky’s showing of good cause. 6. This matter is closed and removed from the Commission’s docket.

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. hereby submits is responses to Staffs First set of data requests

Deborah Gates Rocco DAscenzo

Data Request

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. hereby submits its Application and Request for Expedited Treatment

Deborah Gates Rocco DAscenzo

20201201_PSC Acknowledgment Letter.pdf

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. Notice of Intent to File an Application for an Order Declaring the Construction of Solar Facilities is an Ordinary Extension of Existing Systems in the Usual Course of Business Using Electronic Filing Procedures