Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. KU’s January 23, 2024 petition 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 one year or until further order of this Commission. 3. Use of the designated material granted confidential treatment by this Order in any Commission proceeding shall comply with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 4. KU shall inform the Commission 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, KU 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 KU is unable to make such demonstration, the requested material shall be made available for inspection. Otherwise, the Commission shall deny the request for inspection.

Final Order Entered: 1. KU is authorized to incur indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount, not to exceed $1.350 billion in the form of one or more privately placed or publicly issued, secured or unsecured, debt securities or obligations, which may include first mortgage bonds, medium or long-term notes, term or bank loans and similar securities or obligations, in one or more series from time to time, which may include loans or obligations granted, facilitated or guaranteed by the United States Department of Energy, United States Treasury or other governmental authorities, or tax exempt or tax advantaged bond issuances facilitated by federal, state or local governmental authorities, or any combination thereof through December 31, 2027. 2. KU is authorized to enter into the interest rate hedging agreements in connection with the New Long-Term Debt as set forth in KU’s application. 3. KU is authorized to establish regulatory assets or liabilities for accounting purposes for any resulting mark-to-market losses or gains and to amortize the gains and losses over the remaining life of the New Long-Term Debt as set forth in KU’s application. 4. KU is authorized to exercise an extension and maintain its revolving credit line and to extend its existing or new revolving line(s) of credit through December 31, 2027, for up to five years from the date of each amendment date in an amount up to $650 million.

Kentucky Utilities Company Response to the Commission Staff’s First Request for Information

Rick E. Lovekamp Kentucky Utilities Company

20240123_PSC Letter Filing IC Memo into the Record.pdf

KU Informal Conference Presentation and Petition for Confidential Protection

Emily S. Childress of Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC Kentucky Utilities Company

Data Request

Notice of Informal Conference

20231219_PSC No Deficiency Letter.pdf

KU Verified Application and Mtn for Informal Conference

Kendrick R. Riggs of Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC Kentucky Utilities Company

20231128_PSC Acknowledgment Letter.pdf

Kentucky Utilities Company Notice of Intent to File an Application for an Order Authorizing the Issuance of Indebtedness Using Electronic Filing Procedures