Kentucky Public Service Commission

Final Order Entered: 1. Columbia Kentucky’s proposed SMRP rates are denied. 2. The SMRP Rider rates in the Appendix to this Order are approved for service rendered by Columbia Kentucky effective as of the meter readings on and after May 31, 2025. 3. Within 20 days of the date of service of this Order, Columbia Kentucky shall file with the Commission, using the Commission’s electronic Tariff Filing System, its revised tariff sheets setting out the rates approved and reflecting that they were approved pursuant to this Order. 4. Within 60 days of the date of service of this Order, Columbia Kentucky shall refund to its customers all amounts collected for service rendered from May 31, 2025, through the date of entry of this Order that are in excess of the rates set forth in the Appendix attached to this Order. 5. Within 75 days of the date of service of this Order, Columbia Kentucky shall submit a written report to the Commission in which it describes its efforts to refund all monies collected in excess of the rates that are set forth in the Appendix to this Order. 6. The Commission reserves its right to initiate an investigation to determine whether Columbia Kentucky reasonably refunded all monies collected in excess of the rates that are set forth in the Appendix to this Order should the Commission deem it necessary. 7. This case is now closed and removed from the Commission’s docket.

Notice of Rate Implementation

John Ryan Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.

Order Entered: 1. Columbia Kentucky’s proposed SMRP rates are suspended for one day, to May 31, 2025. 2. Columbia Kentucky’s proposed SMRP rates may be placed in effect by Columbia Kentucky on or after May 31, 2025, pending the final Order in this matter and subject to refund, provided Columbia Kentucky provides written notice to the Commission of its intention to do so as required by KRS 278.190(2). 3. If Columbia Kentucky places proposed rates into effect subject to refund prior to a final Order being issued in this matter, Columbia Kentucky shall maintain their records in a manner as will enable them, or the commission, or any of its customers, to determine the amounts to be refunded and to whom due in the event a refund is ordered.

Annual Safety Modification and Replacement Program Balancing Adjustment Application and Testimony in Support

John Ryan Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.

20250319_PSC Acknowledgment Letter.pdf

Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. Notice of Intent to File an Application for Tariff SMRP Balancing Adjustment Using Electronic Filing Procedures