Kentucky Public Service Commission


View Case Filings for: 2022-00096


Case Number:2022-00096
Service Type:Electric
Filing Date:6/27/2022
Category:Merchant Plant Applications
Utilities:

Telesto Energy Project LLC


Electronic Case
Case Nature:

Telesto Energy Project LLC









Case Filings
FilingDocuments
12/22/2022 8:27:15 AM

Final Order Entered: 1. Telesto’s application for a Certificate of Construction to construct an approximately 110 MW merchant solar electric generating facility in Hardin County, Kentucky, is denied. 2. This case is closed and removed from the Siting Board’s docket.


12/1/2022 9:09:51 PM

Supplemental Response to First Request for Information


Pierce Stevenson Telesto Energy Project LLC

Supp._Response_to_RFI_1.pdf

Supplemental Response

Witness_Verification.pdf

Witness Verification

11/17/2022 3:45:11 PM

Response to Post-Hearing Requests for Information


Pierce Stevenson Telesto Energy Project LLC

C-Martin_Verification.pdf

Witness Verification

J-Steele_Verification.pdf

Witness Verification

Phase_I_ESA.pdf

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment

Telesto_Post_Hearing_Disc._Responses.pdf

Response to Post-Hearing Request for Information

11/17/2022 11:11:43 AM

20221117_Notice of Filing Hearing Documents.pdf


11/8/2022 10:35:07 PM

Post-hearing Brief


Gregory T. Dutton Telesto Energy Project LLC

11/3/2022 2:17:27 PM

Data Request


11/3/2022 2:11:32 PM

Order Entered: 1. Post-hearing data requests, if any, shall be filed on or before November 4, 2022. 2. Responses to post-hearing data requests shall be filed on or before November 17, 2022. 3. This case shall stand submitted for a decision by the Siting Board effective 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, November 18, 2022.


10/28/2022 3:27:34 PM

Supplemental Response to First Request for Information


Gregory T. Dutton Telesto Energy Project LLC

10/27/2022 10:44:11 AM

Order Entered: 1. Telesto’s motion to allow Dr. Shirzi to participate virtually in the November 1, 2022 hearing is granted. 2. Siting Board Staff shall contact participants with instructions for participating remotely. 3. Before October 31, 2022, counsel for Telesto shall arrange a technology test with Siting Board Staff to ensure that all required technology is working properly.


10/25/2022 1:02:03 PM

Notice of Evidentiary Hearing


Pierce Stevenson Telesto Energy Project LLC

Proof_of_Publication.pdf

Proof of Publication

Read_1st.pdf

Read First

10/25/2022 12:57:32 PM

Evidentiary Hearing Witness List


Pierce Stevenson Telesto Energy Project LLC

Read_1st.pdf

Read First

Witness_List.pdf

Witness List

10/24/2022 7:12:15 PM

Motion for Virtual Participation


Pierce Stevenson Telesto Energy Project LLC

Motion_Witness_Virtual_Participation.pdf

Motion for Witness Virtual Participation

Read_1st.pdf

Read First

10/24/2022 7:01:02 PM

Response to Report of Siting Board Consultant


Pierce Stevenson Telesto Energy Project LLC

Read_1st.pdf

Read First

Telesto_Response_to_BBC_Report.pdf

Response to Consultant Report

10/17/2022 11:28:27 AM

Read_First


Douglas Jeavons BBC Research Consulting

Read1st.pdf

Read First

10/17/2022 11:22:05 AM

Site Assessment Review on behalf of the Siting Board


Douglas Jeavons BBC Research Consulting

Telesto_Energy_Site_Assessment_Review_BBC_10172022.pdf

Site Assessment Review for Siting Board

10/10/2022 6:22:27 PM

Withdrawal of Motion to Deviate and Notice of Zoning Status


Gregory T. Dutton Telesto Energy Project LLC

10/3/2022 5:23:47 PM

Response to Second Request for Information


Pierce Stevenson Telesto Energy Project LLC

Assisting_Verification.pdf

Assisting Witness Verification

Overseer_Verification.pdf

Overseer Witness Verification

Read_1st.pdf

Read First

9/20/2022 3:20:13 PM

Supplemental Responses to Public Service Commission First Request for Information


Pierce Stevenson Telesto Energy Project LLC

Telesto_Supplemental_Discovery_Responses.pdf

Supplemental Responses to First Request for Information

Witness_Verification.pdf

Witness Verification

9/16/2022 2:49:30 PM

Data Request


9/13/2022 2:51:06 PM

Order Entered: 1. Telesto’s motion for confidential treatment is granted. 2. The designated material granted confidential treatment by this Order shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for 40 years or until further order of this Siting Board. 3. 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. 4. Telesto 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. 5. 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, Telesto 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 Telesto 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. 6. The Siting Board shall not make the requested material available for inspection for 30 days from the date of service of an Order finding that the material no longer qualifies for confidential treatment in order to allow Telesto to seek a remedy afforded by law.


9/9/2022 12:58:04 PM

Order Entered: the procedural schedule issued on July 15, 2022, is replaced with the procedural schedule attached in the Appendix.


8/29/2022 6:13:19 PM

Response to Initial Requests for Information


Gregory T. Dutton Telesto Energy Project LLC

Assisting_Verifications.pdf

Assisting Verifications

Motion_for_Confid_Protection-signed.pdf

Motion for Confidential Protection

Telesto_RFI_1.pdf

Response to Initial Request for Information

8/29/2022 1:56:58 PM

Substitution of Counsel


Gregory T. Dutton Telesto Energy Project LLC

Telesto_substitute_of_counsel-signed.pdf

(Notice of Substitute of Counsel

8/23/2022 2:00:56 PM

Notice of Filing and attached 10% design layout plan, with cover letter


Kathryn A. Eckert Telesto Energy Project LLC

2022-08-23_TelestoNOF_10pct_design_plan.pdf

Notice of Filing with attached 10% design plan layout, supplementing Application as Exhibit A.5

20220823_Read1st_NOF_layout.pdf

Read1st cover letter for Notice of Filing

8/19/2022 5:04:01 PM

Notice of Filing for Amended Exhibit J to the Application


Kathryn A. Eckert Telesto Energy Project LLC

220819_Telesto_NOF_AmExhJ.pdf

Notice of Filing for Amended Application Exhibit J

220819Read1st_Telesto_NOF_AmExhJ.pdf

Read1st cover letter for notice of filing

8/8/2022 4:04:41 PM

Data Request


8/8/2022 1:21:37 PM

KRS 278.704(4) Motion for Deviation from Setback Requirements, attached map-figures, and cover letter


Katherine K. Yunker Telesto Energy Project LLC

20220808_Read1st_TelestoMotion.pdf

Read1st cover letter for Motion for Deviation

20220808_TelestoMotion-SetbackDeviation.pdf

Telesto Motion for Deviation from Setback Requirements

7/15/2022 12:26:14 PM

Order Entered: 1. The statutory deadline for the processing of this matter is 180 days from the application filing date. 2. A hearing on this matter shall be held November 1, 2022, at 9 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. 3. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order shall be followed for this proceeding. 4. Telesto shall give notice of any scheduled hearing in accordance with the provisions set forth in 807 KAR 5:110, Section 9. 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.” 5. Telesto shall file notice of the scheduled hearing with the Siting Board in accordance with the provisions set forth in 807 KAR 5:110, Section 9. 6. At any public hearing in this matter, neither opening statements nor summarization of direct testimonies shall be permitted. 7. Pursuant to KRS 278.360 and 807 KAR 5:001, Section 9(9), a digital video recording shall be made of the hearing.


6/28/2022 9:44:23 AM

20220628_PSC Deficiency Cured Letter - Merchant Plant Application.pdf


6/27/2022 6:32:06 PM

Response to cited filing deficiency and cover letter


Katherine K. Yunker Telesto Energy Project LLC

20220627_Read1st_Telesto_Response.pdf

cover letter re response to deficiency letter

6-27-22_TelestoResponse-DeficiencyLetter.pdf

Response to 6-27-22 deficiency letter

6/27/2022 2:35:07 PM

20220627_PSC Deficiency Letter - Merchant Plant Application.pdf


6/24/2022 4:42:44 PM

Application for Siting Board construction certificate for a merchant electric (solar) generating facility


Katherine K. Yunker Telesto Energy Project LLC

02-App_Table-of-Contents.pdf

Table of Contents for Application materials

03-TelestoApplication_with_Index.pdf

Application for certificate, with index to statute/regulation requirements

04-ExhA_Maps-Plans-Designs.pdf

Application Exhibit A (maps-plans-designs)

05-Exhs_B.1-B.2.e(part_1).pdf

Application Exhibits B.1 through B.2.e (part 1)

06-Exh_B.2.e(part_2).pdf

Application Exhibit B.2.e (part 2)

07-Exhs_B.2.e(part_3)-B.3.pdf

Application Exhibits B.2.e (part 3) through B.3

08-Exhs_C-E.pdf

Application Exhibits C, D, E.1, E.2, and E.3

09-ExhF_LandscapePlan.pdf

Application Exhibit F (landscape plan)

10-Exhs_G-I.pdf

Application Exhibits G-I

11-Exhs_J-N.pdf

Application Exhibits J-N

6/15/2022 3:05:02 PM

20220615_Acknowledgement Letter of Application Fees.pdf


5/16/2022 4:07:36 PM

20220516_Letter Filing Executive Order 2022-263 into the Record.pdf


5/10/2022 3:38:36 PM

Order Entered: Telesto’s motion to schedule an IC is denied.


5/3/2022 4:47:13 PM

Motion for an Informal Conference with staff


Katherine K. Yunker Telesto Energy Project LLC

2022-05-03_TelestoMtn_InfConf.pdf

Motion for Informal Conference with Staff

4/25/2022 10:00:23 AM

20220425_PSC No Deficiency Letter- Notice of Intent.pdf


4/22/2022 5:07:20 PM

Telesto Solar Notice of Intent to File Application


Kathryn A. Eckert Telesto Energy Project LLC

042222_Telesto_NOI_App.pdf

Notice of Intent to File Application

042222Read1st_Telesto_NOI_App.pdf

Read1st cover letter for notice of intent

3/18/2022 4:56:22 PM

Telesto Notice of Compliance for proof of publication of the public information meeting


Kathryn A. Eckert Telesto Energy Project LLC

031822_Telesto_NOC_PIM.pdf

Proof of publication for the public information meeting

031822Read1st_Telesto_NOC_PIM.pdf

Read1st cover letter for notice of compliance re PIM notice

3/18/2022 2:47:48 PM

20220318_PSC Acknowledgment Letter.pdf


3/18/2022

Telesto Energy Project LLC Notice of Intent to File an Application for Certificate of Construction for an Approximately 110 Megawatt Merchant Electric Solar Generating Facility in Hardin County, Kentucky Using Electronic Filing Procedures


20220318_Telesto Energy Project LLC Notice of Intent and Election.pdf

Telesto Energy Project LLC Notice of Intent and Election