Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. Laurel District No. 2’s request to be relieved from the requirement to file a rate application within three years is denied. 2. Laurel District No. 2 shall file a rate application no later than November 1, 2025, using its 2024 Annual Report and 2024 test year.

Final Order Entered: 1. The findings contained in the Commission Staff’s Report, are adopted, and are incorporated by reference into this Order. 2. Laurel District No. 2 is not required to decrease its base water rates. 3. The Nonrecurring Charges in Appendix B are approved for services rendered on and after the entry of this Order. 4. Within 20 days of the date of service of this Order, Laurel District No. 2 shall file with this Commission, using the Commission’s electronic Tariff Filing System, new tariff sheets setting forth the Nonrecurring charges approved in this Order. 5. Laurel District No. 2 shall establish a policy to perform an annual review of its rate sufficiency and to submit the initial rate sufficiency analysis that will be completed in 2023. The analysis shall be filed within 60 days of the completion of the 2022 Financial Audit. 6. Any documents filed in the future pursuant to ordering paragraph 5 shall reference this case number and shall be retained in the post-case correspondence file. 7. Unless Laurel District No. 2’s annual rate sufficiency review(s) indicates a need for a rate case sooner, Laurel District No. 2 shall submit a rate case or rate study within three years from the issuance date of this Order. 8. This case is closed and removed from the Commission’s docket.

Response to Commission Staffs Report

Wanda Simons Smith Laurel County Water District #2

Staff Report

Response of Laurel County Water District #2 to Commission Staffs Fourth Request for Information

Wanda Smith Laurel County Water District #2

Order Entered: 1. Laurel District No. 2’s request for an extension to file responses to Staff’s Fourth Request is granted. 2. Laurel District No. 2 shall respond to Staff’s Fourth Request by June 15, 2022. 3. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order shall be followed. 4. All other provisions of February 18, 2022 Order not in conflict with this Order shall remain in full force and effect.

Request for additional time to respond to Commission Staffs Fourth Request for Information

Wanda Smith Laurel County Water District #2

Data Request

Response of Laurel County Water District #2 to Commission Staffs Third Request for Information

Wanda Smith Laurel County Water District #2

Data Request

Response of Laurel County Water District #2 to Commission Staffs Second Request for Information

Wanda Smith Laurel County Water District #2

Data Request

Response of Laurel County Water District #2 to Commission Staffs First Request for Information

Wanda Smith Laurel County Water District #2

Order Entered: 1. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix A to this Order shall be followed. 2. On or before the date set forth in the procedural schedule, Laurel District No. 2 shall file its responses to the Commission’s Staff’s First Request for Information, attached to this Order as Appendix B 3. No later than the date set forth in the procedural schedule, Commission Staff shall file with the Commission and serve upon all parties of record a written report (Staff Report) containing its findings and recommendations regarding Laurel District No. 2’s requested rate adjustment.

20220210_PSC Deficiency Cured Letter.pdf

Additional schedules and revised schedules in response to the deficiency letter and discussions with Eddie Beavers. Proof of email of copies of ARF sent to the Office of Rate Intervention, Office of Attorney General.

Wanda Smith Laurel County Water District #2

20211018_PSC Deficiency Letter.pdf

Cover Letter and Application for Rate Adjustment

Wanda Simons Smith Laurel County Water District #2

20211006_PSC Acknowledgement Letter.pdf

Laurel County Water District No. 2 Notice of Intent to File an Application for an Alternative Rate Adjustment Using Electronic Filing Procedures