Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. Water Service Kentucky’s July 15, 2025 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 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, Water Service Kentucky 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, Water Service Kentucky 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 Water Service Kentucky 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. Joint Applicants’ application for the merger of Water Service Kentucky into Kentucky-American and Kentucky-American’s assumption of all Water Service Kentucky’s assets, rights and obligations, including its water systems in Bell and Hickman counties, Kentucky, is approved. 2. Kentucky-American shall monitor the water loss in the Water Service Kentucky service territory as required and file the monthly water loss reports in the next application pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 16. 3. Kentucky-American shall keep a separate record of any investments in the Water Service Kentucky service territory and file it with the monthly water loss reports in the next application pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 16. 4. The Joint Applicants shall notify the Commission, in writing, within seven days of the transaction being completed. If it has not been completed within six months of the date of this Order, the Joint Applicants shall provide a written status report to the Commission. 5. Within 30 days of consummation of the acquisition, Kentucky-American shall file the net book value of the acquired assets. 6. Any material revision to the proposed transaction shall require approval by the Commission in order for the amendment to be effective.

Order Entered: 1. This case is continued for 60 additional days, up to and including September 30, 2025. 2. Joint Applicants shall respond to all requests for information propounded by Commission Staff, whether identified on the procedural schedule or otherwise, as provided in those requests. 3. Nothing in this Order shall prevent the Commission from entering further Orders in this matter.

Joint Applicants Statement Regarding Hearing

Lindsey Ingram Joint Applicants

Response to Second Request for Information

Todd Osterloh Water Service Corporation of Kentucky

Notice of Filing and Petition for Confidential Treatment

Todd Osterloh Water Service Corporation of Kentucky

KAW Responses to PSC 2

Lindsey Ingram Kentucky American Water

Data Request

Data Request

Response to Commission Staff’s First Request for Information

M. Todd Osterloh Water Service Corporation of Kentucky

KAW Responses to PSC1

Lindsey Ingram Kentucky American Water

Data Request

Data Request

Order Entered: 1. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order shall be followed. 2. Joint Applicants shall respond, individually or jointly as required, to all requests for information propounded by Commission Staff, whether identified on the procedural schedule or otherwise, as provided in those requests. 3. 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. 2020-00085 regarding filings with the Commission. 4. 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 proceeding 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 in fully considering matter without unduly complicating or disrupting proceedings. Therefore, any person requesting to intervene in a Commission proceeding must state with specificity person’s special interest that is not otherwise adequately represented, or issues and facts that person will present that will assist the Commission in fully considering the matter.

20250603_PSC Deficiency Cured Letter.pdf

Statement Regarding Authority To Transact Business In Kentucky

Todd Osterloh Nexus Regulated Utilities, LLC

20250602_PSC Deficiency Letter.pdf

Joint Application

Lindsey Ingram Kentucky American Water

20250529_PSC Acknowledgment Letter.pdf

Kentucky-American Water Company and Water Service Corporation of Kentucky Notice of Intent to File an Application for a Change of Control of Water Service Corporation of Kentucky Using Electronic Filing Procedures