Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. EKPC shall remit payment to the Commission for Vantage Consulting’s services rendered as a consultant to the Commission. 2. EKPC shall remit payment within 30 days of the issuance of this Order and shall file proof of payment in the record within 30 days of payment being made. 3. The payment shall be a check made payable to the Kentucky State Treasurer that is delivered or postmarked as mailed to the Office of General Counsel, Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 615, Frankfort, Kentucky 40602, before the deadline.

Order Entered: 1. EKPC’s July 16, 2024 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 an indefinite period 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. If the designated material granted confidential treatment by this Order becomes publicly available or no longer qualifies for confidential treatment, EKPC shall inform the Commission and file with the Commission an unredacted copy of the designated material. 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, EKPC 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 EKPC 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. EKPC is granted a CPCN to construct the Spurlock Station Phase 3 Peg’s Hill landfill. 2. EKPC’s request to amend its Compliance Plan, as reflected in its application, for purposes of recovering the costs of the additional environmental projects through its environmental surcharge is granted. 3. EKPC's request to revise its monthly environmental surcharge reporting formats to reflect the inclusion of the proposed project and the consultant expenses as set forth in its application is granted. 4. EKPC’s proposed rate of return is approved. 5. EKPC shall continue to provide a status update to the Commission regarding possible beneficial uses of the Cooper Station’s fly ash, bottom ash, and gypsum. EKPC shall include this status update in its semi-annual ESM filing. 6. The case is closed and removed from the Commission docket.

Order entered: 1. EKPC shall remit payment to the Commission for Vantage Consulting’s services rendered as a consultant to the Commission. 2. EKPC shall remit payment within 30 days of the issuance of this Order. 3. The payment shall be a check made payable to the Kentucky State Treasurer that is delivered or postmarked as mailed to the Office of General Counsel, Public Service Commission, before the deadline.

Order Entered: 1. EKPC shall remit payment to the Commission for Vantage Consulting’s services rendered as a consultant to the Commission. 2. EKPC shall remit payment within 30 days of the issuance of this Order. 3. The payment shall be a check or money order made payable to the Kentucky State Treasurer that is delivered or postmarked as mailed to the Office of General Counsel, Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 615, Frankfort, Kentucky 40602, before the deadline.

Notice that payment has been made for the consultant

Greg Cecil East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.

East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. Motion to Submit.

Jacob Watson Greg Cecil

East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.’s (“EKPC”) Responses to Commission Staff’s Third Request for Information

Jacob Watson Greg Cecil

Data Request

Order Entered: 1. EKPC shall remit payment to the Commission for Vantage Consulting’s services rendered as a consultant to the Commission. 2. EKPC shall remit payment within 30 days of the issuance of this Order. 3. The payment shall be a certified check or money order made payable to the Kentucky State Treasurer that is delivered or postmarked as mailed to the Office of General Counsel, Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 615, Frankfort, Kentucky 40602, before the deadline.

Order Entered: 1. EKPC shall remit payment to the Commission for Vantage Consulting’s services rendered as a consultant to the Commission. 2. EKPC shall remit payment within 30 days of the issuance of this Order. 3. The payment shall be a certified check or money order made payable to the Kentucky State Treasurer that is delivered or postmarked as mailed to the Office of General Counsel, Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 615, Frankfort, Kentucky 40602-0615, before the deadline.

East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.’s (“EKPC”) Responses to Commission Staff’s Second Request for Information

Greg Cecil East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.

Data Request

Responses to Commission Staff’s First Request for Information and Motion for Confidentiality

Greg Cecil East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the process for receipt and payment of the invoices of consultants engaged by the Commission, as set forth in this Order, shall be followed during this proceeding.

Data Request

Order Entered: 1. The record from Case No. 2023-00177 shall be incorporated into this case. 2. The reimbursement process for consultants engaged by the Commission as outlined in this Order, and pursuant to KRS 278.183 shall be followed. 3. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order shall be followed. 4. EKPC shall respond to all requests for information propounded by Commission Staff, whether identified on the procedural schedule or otherwise, as provided in those requests. 5. 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. 2020-00085² regarding filings with the Commission. 6. As set forth in 807 KAR 5:001, Section 4(11)(a), a person requesting permissive intervention in a Commission proceeding is required to demonstrate either (1) a special interest in the proceeding that is not adequately represented in the case, or (2) that the person requesting permissive intervention is likely to present issues or develop facts that will assist the Commission in fully considering the matter without unduly complicating or disrupting the proceedings.

20240520_PSC No Deficiency Letter.pdf

Application

L. Allyson Honaker East Kentucky Power, Inc.

NOI

Brittany Hayes Koenig East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc.

20240416_PSC Acknowledgment Letter.pdf

East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. Notice of Intent to File an Application for Approval to Amend Its Environmental Compliance Plan and Recover Costs pursuant to Its Environmental Surcharge, and for the Issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and