Kentucky Public Service Commission


View Case Filings for: 2022-00262


Case Number:2022-00262
Service Type:Electric
Filing Date:12/1/2022
Category:Merchant Plant Applications
Utilities:

Pine Grove Solar, LLC


Electronic Case
Case Nature:

Pine Grove Solar, LLC









Case Filings
FilingDocuments
8/25/2023 8:35:03 AM

Order Entered: 1. Pine Grove Solar’s petition for confidential treatment is granted. 2. The information granted confidential treatment cost estimates provided in response to Siting Board’s Post Hearing Request, Item 5 shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for an indefinite period 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. Pine Grove 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.


6/8/2023 10:21:04 AM

20230608_Notice of Filing Hearing Documents.pdf


5/26/2023 9:19:51 AM

Final Order Entered: 1. Pine Grove Solar’s application for a Construction Certificate to construct an approximately 50 MW merchant solar electric generating facility in Madison County, Kentucky is conditionally granted subject to full compliance with the mitigation measures and conditions prescribed in Appendix A. 2. Pine Grove Solar shall fully comply with the mitigation measures and conditions prescribed in Appendix A. 3. Pine Grove Solar’s request for a declaratory order finding no application is necessary for the nonregulated transmission line proposed for the solar facility is granted. 4. Sustainable Property Holdings, LLC shall assign the leases for the property where the Project is to be sited to Pine Grove Solar within 90 days of the date of service of this Order. 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 Siting Board’s docket.


5/12/2023 11:13:35 AM

Pine Grove Solar Response to Post-Hearing Request for Information


Rebecca Price Pine Grove Solar, LLC

Pine_Grove_Solar_Petition_for_Confidential_Treatment_of_PHDR_Response.PDF

Pine Grove Solar Petition for Confidential Treatment of Response to PHDR

4/28/2023 12:58:05 PM

Data Request


4/28/2023 12:53:44 PM

Order Entered: 1. Post-hearing requests for information, if any, shall be filed on or before April 28, 2023. 2. Responses to post-hearing requests for information shall be filed on or before May 12, 2023. 3. This case shall stand submitted for a decision by the Siting Board effective 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, May 13, 2023.


4/18/2023 4:07:16 PM

Pine Grove Solar Notice of Publication


M. Todd Osterloh Pine Grove Solar, LLC

Pine_Grove_Solar_Notice_of_Publication_(01861796).PDF

Pine Grove Solar Notice of Publication

Read1st_Pine_Grove_Solar_Notice_of_Publication_(01861836).PDF

Read1st Pine Grove Solar Notice of Publication

4/14/2023 9:05:20 AM

Order Entered: 1. Pine Grover Solar’s petition for confidential treatment is granted. 2. The information granted confidential treatment provided in response to Staff’s First Request, Item 36 shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for an indefinite period or until further order of this Siting Board. 3. The information granted confidential treatment provided in response to Staff’s First Request, Item 37 shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection until December 21, 2024, or until the property is purchased, whichever occurs sooner. 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. Pine Grove 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, Pine Grove 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.


4/7/2023 4:02:39 PM

Pine Grove Solar Response to BBC Site Assessment Review


M. Todd Osterloh Pine Grove Solar, LLC

Read1st_Pine_Grove_Solar_Response_to_BBC_Site_Assessment_Review.PDF

Read1st Pine Grove Solar Response to BBC Site Assessment Review

3/31/2023 1:00:05 PM

Review of Pine Grove Solar Site Assessment Report


BBC Research Consulting Electric Generation and Transmission Siting Board

Read1st.pdf

Read First Notes

3/17/2023 5:06:31 PM

Responses to Second Request for Information


M. Todd Osterloh Pine Grove Solar, LLC

Pine_Grove_Solar_Responses_to_Second_Request_for_Information.pdf

Pine Grove Solar Responses to Second Request for Information

Read1st_Pine_Grove_Solar_Responses_to_Second_Request_for_Information_(01843274).PDF

Read1st Pine Grove Solar Responses to Second Request for Information

3/2/2023 9:18:11 AM

Data Request


2/6/2023 11:33:59 AM

Response to First Request for Information


M. Todd Osterloh Pine Grove Solar, LLC

Read1st_Responses_to_First_Request_for_Information_(01819044).PDF

Read1st Response to First Request for Information

2/3/2023 7:46:21 PM

Response to First Request for Information


M. Todd Osterloh Pine Grove Solar, LLC

Pine_Grove_Solar_Petition_for_Confidential_Treatment_-_Response_to_DR_1.PDF

Pine Grove Solar Petition for Confidential Treatment

Read1st_Pine_Grove_Solar_Responses_to_DR1(1).PDF

Pine Grove Solar Response to First Request for Information

Read1st_Pine_Grove_Solar_Responses_to_DR1.PDF

Read1st Pine Grove Solar First Request for Information

1/20/2023 12:06:05 PM

Data Request


12/30/2022 1:34:47 PM

Pine Grove Solar Cumulative Environmental Assessment


M. Todd Osterloh Pine Grove Solar, LLC

12/21/2022 10:36:51 AM

Motion for Declaratory Order and Transmission Line Application


M. Todd Osterloh Pine Grove Solar, LLC

Read1st_Pine_Grove_Solar_Motion_for_Declaratory_Order_and_Transmission_Line_Application.PDF

Read1st Motion for Declaratory Order and Transmission Line Application

12/19/2022 4:46:58 PM

Order Entered: 1. The statutory deadline for the processing of this matter is 180 days from the application filing date. 2. A hearing in this matter shall be held April 25, 2023, 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. Pine Grove Solar 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. Pine Grove Solar 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.


12/1/2022 10:37:58 AM

20221201_PSC Deficiency Cured Letter - Merchant Plant Application.pdf


12/1/2022 10:00:07 AM

Read1st SAR filing


M. Todd Osterloh Pine Grove Solar, LLC

12/1/2022 9:53:25 AM

Site Assessment Report - Attachment I to the Application


M. Todd Osterloh Pine Grove Solar, LLC

PNGRV_Site_Assessment_Report_(01772886).pdf

Site Assessment Report - Attachment I to Application

12/1/2022 9:39:43 AM

20221201_PSC Deficiency Letter - Merchant Plant Application.pdf


11/30/2022 1:31:23 PM

20221130_Acknowledgement Letter of Application Fees.pdf


11/30/2022 12:22:49 PM

Application of Pine Grove Solar, LLC for a Certificate of Construction for an Approximately 50 Megawatt Merchant Electric Solar Generating Facility in Madison County, Kentucky Pursuant to KRS 278.700 and 807 KAR 5:110


M. Todd Osterloh Pine Grove Solar, LLC

PNGRV_Attachment_I_Site_Assessment_Report.pdf

Attachment I - Site Assessment Report

Read1st_Pine_Grove_Solar_LLC_Application_(01772891).PDF

Read1st Pine Grove Solar, LLC Application

9/9/2022 9:07:39 AM

20220909_Letter Filing Executive Order 2022-618 into the Record.pdf


8/10/2022 8:51:14 AM

20220810_PSC No Deficiency Letter- Notice of Intent.pdf


8/9/2022 4:14:48 PM

Notice of Intent


M Todd Osterloh Pine Grove Solar, LLC

8/9/2022 3:34:57 PM

20220809_PSC Acknowledgment Letter.pdf


8/9/2022

Pine Grove Solar, LLC Notice of Intent to File an Application for a Certificate of Construction for an Approximately 50 Megawatt Merchant Electric Solar Generating Facility in Madison County, Kentucky pursuant to KRS 278.700 and 807 KAR 5:110 Using Electro


20220809_Pine Grove Solar, LLC Notice of Intent and Election.pdf

Pine Grove Solar, LLC Notice of Intent and Election