Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. Horus Kentucky 1’s September 2, 2021 and September 30, 2021 motions for confidential treatment for responses to Siting Board Requests for Information are granted in part and denied in part. 2. Horus Kentucky 1’s motion for confidential treatment for the cost estimates and salvage value in its decommissioning plan submitted in response to Staff’s First Request Item No. 57(d) is granted. 3. Horus Kentucky 1’s motion for confidential treatment for response to Staff’s First Request for Item Nos. 9, 13, 14(e), and 55 is denied. 4. Horus Kentucky 1’s motion for confidential treatment for the material terms of the leases in Exhibit I, filed in response to Staff’s Second Request Item No. 47, is granted. 5. Horus Kentucky 1’s motion for confidential treatment for Exhibits E and F, the response to Staff’s Second Request Item No. 38, and the material contained in the responses to Post-Hearing Request 1(a) and (b) is denied. 6. The designated material granted confidential treatment by paragraph 2 of 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. 7. The designated material granted confidential treatment by paragraph 4 of this Order shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for an indefinite time or until further Order of this Siting Board.

Order Entered: Horus Kentucky 1 is assessed a supplemental application fee of $31,500, which shall be remitted to the Siting Board within five days of entry of this Order. The Siting Board requires a certified check or money order made payable to the Kentucky State Treasurer that is delivered or postmarked as mailed to the Office of General Counsel, Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 615, Frankfort, Kentucky 40602-0615, before the deadline.

Final Order Entered: 1. Horus Kentucky 1’s application for a Certificate to Construct an approximately 69.3 MWac merchant solar electric generating facility in Simpson County, Kentucky, is conditionally granted subject to full compliance with the mitigation measures and conditions prescribed in Appendix A. 2. Within 30 days of entry of this Order, Horus Kentucky 1 shall 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. 3. Horus Kentucky 1 shall fully comply with the mitigation measures and conditions prescribed in Appendix A. 4. 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. 5. This case is closed and removed from the Commission’s docket.

Response to Siting Board Staffs Post-Hearing Request for Information to Horus Kentucky 1 LLC

Randall L. Saunders Horus Kentucky 1 LLC

20211123_PSC Notice of Filing Hearing Documents.pdf

Post-Hearing Memorandum

Randall L. Saunders Horus Kentucky 1 LLC

Intervening Parties Post-Hearing Memorandum

Holly M Irwin Steven Baldwin John Pitt

Order Entered: 1. Horus Kentucky 1’s motion to limit cross-examination is denied. 2. Post-hearing data requests, if any, shall be filed on or before November 17, 2021. 3. Responses to post-hearing data requests shall be filed on or before November 30, 2021. 4. Pursuant to 807 KAR 5:110, Section 7, the parties may file a memorandum brief no later than seven days after the conclusion of the November 15, 2021 hearing.

Data Request

20211115_Letter Filing Document into the Record.pdf

Response to Motion Regarding Hearing Procedures

Holly M Irwin Steve Baldwin and John Pitt

Motion Regarding Hearing Procedures

Randall L. Saunders Horus Kentucky 1 LLC

Notice of Filing of Proof of Publication of Hearing Notice

Randall L. Saunders Horus Kentucky 1 LLC

Notice of Filing

Holly M Irwin John Pitt and Steven Baldwin

Horus Kentucky 1 LLCs Pre-Hearing Filing

Randall L. Saunders Horus Kentucky 1 LLC

Witness List on Behalf of John Pitt and Steven Baldwin

Holly M Irwin Steve Baldwin and John Pitt

Response of Horus Kentucky 1 LLC to the Siting Board Consultant’s Site Assessment Report and Incorporated Verification

Randall L. Saunders Horus Kentucky 1 LLC

Order Entered: 1. Intervenors’ request to schedule a public hearing is denied as moot. 2. A hearing in this matter shall be held November 15, 2021, at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, in the Richard Raff Hearing Room at the offices of the Public Service Commission at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky. 3. Horus Kentucky 1 shall give notice of any scheduled hearing in accordance with the provisions set forth in 807 KAR 5:110, Section 9.

This document provides a review of the Site Assessment Report for the proposed Horus Kentucky 1, LLC solar facility submitted to the Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation and Transmission Siting.

Susan Walker Harvey Economics Company

20211013_Letter Filing Document into the Record.pdf

Response to Siting Board Staffs Second Request for Information to Horus Kentucky 1 LLC

Randall L. Saunders Horus Kentucky 1 LLC

Data Request

Horus Kentucky 1 LLCs Response to Siting Board Staffs First Request for Information to Horus Kentucky 1 LLC

Randall L. Saunders Horus Kentucky 1 LLC

Response to Request for Public Hearing

Randall L. Saunders Horus Kentucky 1 LLC

Data Request

Request for Public Hearing

Holly M Irwin David F. Broderick

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

20210714_Memo Filing Letter to Judge Executive Barnes into the Record.pdf

20210714_Memo Filing Letter to Governor Beshear into the Record.pdf

20210707_Acknowledgement Letter of Application Fees.pdf

Horus Kentucky 1 LLC Letter Regarding Application Fees

20210706_No Deficiency Letter.pdf

Application of Horus Kentucky 1 LLC to Construct Merchant Electric Generating Facility

Randall L. Saunders Horus Kentucky 1 LLC

Notice as to Electronic Transmissions

DAVID F. BRODERICK Steve Baldwin and John Pitt

Order Entered: 1. The motion of Movants to intervene is granted. 2. Movants shall be entitled to the full rights of a party and shall be served with the Siting Board’s Orders and with filed testimony, exhibits, pleadings, correspondence, and all other documents submitted by parties after the date of this Order. 3. Movants shall comply with all provisions of the Siting Board’s regulations, 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8, related to the service and electronic filing of documents. 4. Pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8(9), within seven days of entry of this Order, Movants 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.

Request for Intervention

Holly M. Irwin David F. Broderick

Supplemental Notice of Filing - Public Notice of Meeting

Randall L. Saunders Horus Kentucky 1 LLC

Notice of Filing - Public Notice of Meeting

Randall L. Saunders Horus Kentucky 1 LLC

Order Entered: 1. Horus Kentucky’s motion to approve form of public meeting is granted. 2. Within three days of the publication of the public notice, Horus Kentucky 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, Horus Kentucky 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.

Motion to Approve Form of Public Meeting

Randall L. Saunders Horus Kentucky 1 LLC

20210113_PSC No Deficiency Letter- Notice of Intent.pdf

Horus Kentucky 1 LLCs Notice of Intent to File Application for Certificate of Construction.

Randall L. Saunders Horus Kentucky 1 LLC

20201223_PSC Acknowledgment Letter.pdf

Horus Kentucky 1 LLC Notice of Intent to File an Application for a Certificate of Construction for an Approximately 69.3 Megawatt Merchant Electric Solar Generating Facility in Simpson County, Kentucky pursuant to KRS 278.700 and 807 KAR 5:110 Using Electr