Kentucky Public Service Commission

Final Order Entered: 1. The Settlement Agreement entered into by Logan Telephone and East Logan is approved as fair and reasonable. 2. The Complaint of Logan Telephone is satisfied. 3. This case is closed and removed from the Commission’s docket.

Joint Motion to Approve Settlement Agreement

Gerald E. Wuetcher East Logan Water District/Logan Telephone Cooperative

Order Entered: 1. The procedural schedule in this proceeding is suspended pending further order of the Commission. 2. The hearing scheduled in this matter for December 19, 2023, is canceled. 3. The parties shall file their written settlement agreement into the record by December 13, 2023.

Joint Motion to Suspend Procedural Schedule

Gerald E. Wuetcher East Logan Water District/Logan Telephone Cooperative

Order Entered: 1. A hearing in this matter shall be held on December 19, 2023, at 9 a.m. Eastern Standard Time and continue until called from the bench by the presiding officer, in the Richard Raff Hearing Room at the offices of the Public Service Commission at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky. 2. Complainant Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Logan Telephone) and Defendant East Logan Water District, Inc. (East Logan District) shall appear at the December 19, 2023 hearing to provide testimony and present evidence regarding the subject matter of this proceeding. 3. Pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 2, if the hearing is not concluded on the designated day, the hearing may be continued upon verbal announcement by the presiding officer. A verbal announcement made by the presiding officer shall be proper notice of the continued hearing. 4. Witnesses who sponsor testimony or responses to requests for information shall participate in person at the December 19, 2023 hearing. 5. Each party shall file by December 5, 2023, a list of witnesses expected to testify on its behalf and the subject and a summary of each expected witness’s hearing testimony. 6. Pursuant to KRS 278.360 and 807 KAR 5:001, Section 9(9), a digital video transcript shall be made of the hearing.

Response to Logan Telephone Cooperatives Second Request for Information

Gerald E. Wuetcher East Logan Water District

Responses to East Logan Water Districts Second Requests for Information

Edward T. Depp Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Second Request for Information to Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Gerald E. Wuetcher East Logan Water District

Supplemental Requests for Information to East Logan Water District

Christopher S. Zelli Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

The Commission HEREBY ORDERS, nunc pro tunc, that: 1. The phrase “initial requests” in the January 27, 2023 procedural event is stricken and is replaced with “supplemental requests.” 2. All other provisions of the Commission’s December 16, 2022 Order that are not in conflict with the terms of this Order shall remain in effect.

Response to Logan Telephone Cooperatives First Request for Information

Gerald E. Wuetcher East Logan Water District

Order Entered: 1. East Logan Water’s motion for an extension of time to file responses to Logan Telephone’s initial requests for information to December 30, 2022, is granted. 2. The amended procedural schedule established on November 30, 2022, is stricken and replaced with the amended procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order.

Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc.s Response to East Logan Water Districts Motion for Extension of Time

Christopher S. Zelli Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Logan Telephones Responses to East Logan Water Districts Requests for Information

Christopher Zelli Logan Telephone Cooperative

Motion for Extension of Time

Gerald E. Wuetcher East Logan Water District

Order Entered: 1. The parties’ joint motion to amend the procedural schedule set forth in the Attachment to the Order entered November 3, 2022, is granted. 2. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order shall be followed.

First Request for Information to Logan Telephone Cooperative

Gerald E. Wuetcher East Logan Water District

Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc.’s First Requests for Information to East Logan Water District, Inc.

Christopher S. Zelli Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Joint Motion to Amend Order

Gerald E. Wuetcher East Logan Water District and Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Order Entered: 1. East Logan District’s motion to establish a procedural schedule is granted. 2. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order shall be followed. 3. Any party filing a paper with the Commission shall file an electronic copy in accordance with the electronic filing procedures set forth in 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8. Electronic documents shall be in portable document format (PDF), shall be searchable, and shall be appropriately bookmarked. The Commission directs the parties to the Commission’s July 22, 2021 Order in Case No. 2020-00085¹ regarding filings with the Commission. 4. The Commission does not look favorably upon motions for continuance. Accordingly, motions for extensions of time with respect to the schedule herein shall be made in writing and will be granted only upon a showing of good cause. 5. Nothing contained in this Order shall prevent the Commission from entering further Orders in this matter.

20220818_PSC IC Memo.pdf

Notice of Informal Conference

Order Entered: 1. The hearing scheduled for August 16, 2022, is postponed indefinitely, to be rescheduled at a later date. 2. Commission Staff is directed to schedule an informal conference with the parties to identify factual issues in dispute and to discuss an expedited schedule to conduct pre-hearing discovery. 3. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Commission from entering further Orders in this matter.

Reply to Response to Motion to Reschedule Hearing and Establish Procedural Schedule

Gerald E. Wuetcher East Logan Water District

Response to Motion to Reschedule Hearing and Establish a Procedural Schedule Permitting Discovery

Edward T. Depp Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Motion to Reschedule Hearing and to Establish a Procedural Schedule Permitting Discovery

Gerald Wuetcher East Logan Water District

Order Entered: 1. A hearing in this matter shall be held on August 16, 2022, at 9:00 a.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. Pursuant to KRS 278.360 and 807 KAR 5:001, Section 9(9), a digital video transcript shall be made of the hearing.

20220519_PSC IC Memo.pdf

Notice of Informal Conference

Responses to Commission Staffs Second Requests for Information

Edward T. Depp Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Response to PSC Staffs First Request for Information

Gerald E. Wuetcher East Logan Water District

Data Request

Order Entered: 1. East Logan Water’s motion for extension is granted. 2. East Logan Water shall file its responses to Staff’s First Request for Information on or before March 4, 2022.

Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc.s Responses to the Commission Staffs First Requests for Information

Christopher S. Zelli Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Motion for An Additional Extension of Time

Gerald E. Wuetcher East Logan Water District

Order Entered: 1. East Logan Water’s motion for extension is granted. 2. East Logan Water shall file its responses to Staff’s First Request for Information on or before February 18, 2022. 3. Logan Telephone’s motion for extension is granted. 4. Logan Telephone shall file its responses to Staff’s First Request for Information on or before February 18, 2022.

Motion for Extension of Time

Edward T. Depp Logan Telephone Cooperative

Motion for Extension of Time

Gerald E. Wuetcher East Logan Water District

Data Request

Data Request

Answer

Gerald E. Wuetcher East Logan Water District

Order Entered: East Logan District is HEREBY ORDERED to satisfy the matters complained of, or to file, by and through counsel, a written answer to the complaint on or before September 17, 2021.

Formal Complaint

Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Edward T. Depp

20210618_PSC Acknowledgment Letter.pdf

Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Notice of Intent to File a Complaint Against East Logan Water District regarding Alleged Violation of KRS 278.030 Using Electronic Filing Procedures