Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. Green River Solar’s application for declaratory Order is denied. 2. Green River Solar’s request to obtain a transfer for funding during construction for the Project is granted. 3. Green River Solar shall provide proof to the Siting Board, in post-case correspondence referencing this case number, within 20 days of the transfer transaction closing. 4. Green River shall provide notice to the Siting Board, in post-case correspondence referencing this case number, of the ultimate lienholder, the total amount of indebtedness as well as the indebtedness related to this project, within 20 days of the financial transaction closing.

Notice of Informal Conference

Order Entered: 1. Green River Solar’s request to make corporate transfers of the project to allow for tax equity investments is granted. 2. Green River Solar’s request to enter into an IRB with the Meade County Fiscal Court is granted. 3. Green River Solar shall provide proof to the Siting Board of any transfers of Green River Solar for tax equity financing purposes and a copy of the of the IRBs, lease agreements, assignments, and any other documents related to the agreement with the Meade County Fiscal Court with the Siting Board within 30 days of execution.

Order Entered: 1. Green River Solar’s motion is granted. 2. Green River Solar is not required to file a separate application for a nonregulated transmission line for the transmission line to interconnect the project with the BREC Meade 161 kV substation.

Order Entered: Green River Solar’s request for clarification is denied.

Request for Clarification

L. Allyson Honaker Green River Solar, LLC

Entry of Appearance

L Allyson Honaker Green River Solar, LLC

Order Entered: 1. Green River Solar’s motion for rehearing is granted in part and denied in part. 2. Green River Solar’s motion for rehearing on Mitigation Measures 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 28, 30, and 31 is denied. 3. Green River Solar’s motion for rehearing on Mitigation Measure 13 is granted. Mitigation Measure 13 in Appendix A to the Final Order is stricken and shall be replaced with the following: Green River Solar is required to limit the construction activity, process, and deliveries to the hours between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Non-noise causing and non- construction activities can take place on the site between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday, including field visits, arrival, departure, planning meetings, mowing, surveying, etc.

Notice of Withdrawal of Counsel

David Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Notice of Filing of Documents in Compliance with June 20, 2022 Order

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Motion for Ruling on Pending Rehearing Motion

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Order Entered: 1. Green River Solar’s motion for confidential treatment for the material terms of leases provided in response to Staff’s First Request Item 24(b) is granted. 2. Green River Solar’s motion for confidential treatment for the easements provided in response to Staff’s First Request Item 3(b) is denied. 3. The designated material 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 Siting Board. 4. Use of the designated material granted confidential treatment by this Order in any Siting Board proceeding shall comply with 807 KAR 5:110, Section 5. 5. Green River Solar shall inform the Siting Board if the designated material granted confidential treatment by this Order becomes publicly available or no longer qualifies for confidential treatment. 6. If a nonparty 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, Green River Solar 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 Green River Solar is unable to make such demonstration, the requested material shall be made available for inspection. Otherwise, the Siting Board shall deny the request for inspection.

Motion for Rehearing

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Final Order Entered: 1. Green River Solar’s Request for Deviation from KRS 278.704(2) for the portion of the Project located in Breckinridge County is granted. 2. Green River Solar’s application for a Certificate to Construct an approximately 200 MWac merchant solar electric generating facility in Breckinridge County and Meade County, Kentucky, is conditionally granted subject to full compliance with the mitigation measures and conditions prescribed in Appendix A to this Order. 3. Within 30 days of entry, Green River Solar will send a copy of this Order to all the adjoining landowners who previously were required to receive notice of the Project. At least 30 days prior to construction it will notify residents and businesses within 2,400 feet of the Project boundary about the construction plan and the complaint resolution process. 4. Green River Solar shall fully comply with the mitigation measures and conditions in Appendix A. 5. In the event mitigation measures within the body of this Order conflict with those prescribed in Appendix A, the measures in Appendix A shall control. 6. This case is closed and removed from the Commission’s docket.

20211124_Letter Filing Document into the Record.pdf

Supplemental Response to Post-Hearing Data Requests

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Response to Post-Hearing Data Request - Part IV

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Response to Post-Hearing Data Request - Part III

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Response to Post-Hearing Data Request - Part II

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Response to Post-Hearing Data Request - Part I

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

20211110_PSC Notice of Filing Hearing Documents.pdf

20211105_Letter Filing Executive Order 2021-835 into the Record.pdf

Data Request

20211103_Letter Filing Executive Order 2021-835 into the Record.pdf

Order Entered: 1. Post-hearing data requests, if any, shall be filed on or before November 3, 2021. 2. Responses to post-hearing data requests shall be filed on or before November 15, 2021.

Proof of Publication of Hearing Notice

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Pre-Hearing Witness List

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Notice of Filing

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Response to Consultants Report

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Order Entered: 1. A hearing in this matter shall be held November 1, 2021, at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, in the Richard Raff Hearing Room at the offices of the Public Service Commission at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky. 2. Green River Solar, LLC (Green River Solar) shall give notice of the hearing in compliance with 807 KAR 5:110, Section 9(1). 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”; and “Public comments may be made at the beginning of the hearing. Those wishing to make oral public comments may do so by following the instructions listing on the PSC website, psc.ky.gov.” At the time the notice is mailed or publication is requested, Green River Solar shall forward a duplicate of the notice and request to the Commission. 3. Pursuant to 807 KAR 5:110, Section 6(7), a digital video transcript shall be made of the hearing.

Siting Board consultants site assessment review

Douglas Jeavons BBC Research Consulting

Responses to Staffs Second Request for Information

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Data Request

Green River Solar, LLCs Response to Staffs First Information Request and Motion for Confidential Treatment.

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Data Request

Order Entered: The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order shall be followed for this proceeding.

20210709_Memo Filing Documents into the Record.pdf

20210630_PSC No Deficiency Letter.pdf

20210630_Acknowledgement Letter of Application Fees.pdf

Green River Solar, LLC Letter Regarding Application Fees

Application to Construct Merchant 200 MW Solar Electric Generating Facility

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Amended and Restated Notice of Intent

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Notice of Filing of Public Meeting Materials

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Order Entered: 1. Green River Solar’s motion to approve modified form of public meeting is granted. 2. Within three days of the publication of the public notice, Green River Solar shall submit a copy of the newspaper advertisement that will notify the public of the proposed public meeting format. 3. Within three days of the mailing of the notice to adjacent property owners, Green River Solar shall submit a copy of the notice of the public meeting format that is required to be provided to owners of property adjacent to the solar project.

20201222_PSC No Deficiency Letter- Notice of Intent.pdf

Motion for Approval of Public Meeting

David S. Samford Green River Solar, LLC

Notice of Intent

David S. Samford Green Energy Solar LLC

20201202_PSC Acknowledgment Letter.pdf

Green River Solar, LLC Notice of Intent to File an Application for a Certificate to Construct an Approximately 200 Megawatt Merchant Solar Electric Generating Facility in Breckinridge County and Meade County, Kentucky pursuant to KRS 278.700 and 807 KAR 5: