Kentucky Public Service Commission

Final Order Entered: 1. KU is granted a CPCN for Amended Project 36, the construction of Amended Phase II of the landfill at Brown, and the capping and closing of Main Ash Pond as described in KU's application. 2. KU's 2016 ECR Plan, consisting of Projects 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42, is approved. 3. The proposed revisions and additions to KU's monthly ES Form 2.01 are approved. 4. KU shall use a 9.70 percent ROE in the ECR mechanism for Amended Project 36. 5. Within ten days of the date of this Order, KU shall file with the Commission revised tariff sheets setting out Rate Schedule ECR as approved herein and reflecting that it was approved pursuant to this Order. 6. KU shall promptly file with the Commission a notice and supporting analysis in the event that a new or revised environmental requirement impacts any facility in service or under construction.

20180629_PSC Notice of Filing.pdf

Notarized affidavit attesting to the publication of the Notice of Public Hearing

Rick E. Lovekamp Kentucky Utilities Company

Order Entered: 1. Ordering paragraph 1 of the April 2, 2018 Order is amended to read as follows: A public comment hearing in this matter shall be held on Thursday, June 21, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, at the offices of the Public Service Commission at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky. 2. This case shall stand submitted for a decision by the Commission upon the adjournment of the public comment hearing on Thursday, June 21, 2018. 3. All provisions of the Commission's Order of April 2, 2018, that are not in conflict with this Order shall remain in full force and effect.

KU Data Response to PSC Informal Conference Request

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

20180601_PSC IC Memo.pdf

Order Entered: 1. KU's motion to schedule an IC is granted. 2. An IC shall be held on Friday, May 18, 2018, at 10 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, at the Commission's offices at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky, to discuss procedural matters related to the case. 3. Commission Staff shall contact the parties by electronic mail to provide details for joining the conference by telephone.

KUs Motion for Informal Conference

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

Order Entered: 1. KU's motion for confidential protection for the Wilson Testimony and Exhibit SAW-1 is granted. 2. The designated materials shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for a period of five years, or until further Orders of this Commission. 3. Use of the designated materials in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 4. KU shall inform the Commission if the designated materials become publicly available or no longer qualify for confidential treatment. 5. If a non-party to this proceeding requests to inspect materials granted confidential treatment by this Order and the period during which the materials have been granted confidential treatment has not run, KU shall have 20 days from receipt of written notice of the request to demonstrate that the materials still fall within the exclusions from disclosure requirements established in KRS 61 .878. If KU is unable to make such demonstration, the requested materials shall be made available for inspection. Otherwise, the Commission shall deny the request for inspection. 6. The Commission shall not make the requested materials available for inspection for 20 days following an Order finding that the materials no longer qualify for confidential treatment in order to allow KU to seek a remedy afforded by law.

Responses of KU to the Commission Staffs Second Request for Information

Rick E. Lovekamp Kentucky Utilities Company

Data Request

Order Entered: 1. A hearing in this matter shall be held on Thursday, June 21, 2018, at 9 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, at the offices of the Public Service Commission at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky. 2. Kentucky Utilities Company ("KU") shall give notice of the hearing in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 9(2)(b). 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." At the time the notice is mailed or publication is requested, KU shall forward a duplicate of the notice and request to the Commission. 3. Pursuant to KRS 278.360 and 807 KAR 5:001, Section 9(9), a digital video transcript shall be made of the hearing.

KUs Responses to the Commission Staffs First Request for Information

Rick E. Lovekamp Kentucky Utilities Company

KU files Certificate of Completed Notice

Rick E. Lovekamp Kentucky Utilities Company

Data Request

Order Entered: 1. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order shall be followed. 2. a. Responses to requests for information in paper medium shall be appropriately bound, tabbed, and indexed and shall include the name of the witness responsible for responding to the questions related to the information provided, with an original in paper medium and an electronic version to the Commission. b. Each response shall be answered under oath, or for representatives of a public or private corporation or a partnership or an association or a governmental agency, be accompanied by a signed certification of the preparer or person supervising the preparation of the response on behalf of the entity that the response is true and accurate to the best of that person's knowledge, information, and belief formed after a reasonable inquiry. c. Any party shall make timely amendment to any prior response if it obtains information which indicates that the response was incorrect when made or, though correct when made, is now incorrect in any material respect. d. For any request to which a party fails or refuses to furnish all or part of the requested information, that party shall provide a written explanation of the specific grounds for its failure to completely and precisely respond. e. A party filing a paper containing personal information shall , in accordance with 807 KAR 5:001 , Section 4(10), encrypt or redact the paper so that personal information cannot be read.

20180202_PSC No Deficiency Letter.pdf

Kentucky Utilities Companys Application, Testimonies, and Petition for Confidential Protection.

Rick E. Lovekamp Kentucky Utilities Company

20171228_PSC Acknowledgement Letter.pdf

Kentucky Utilities Company Notice of Intent to File Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Approval of Amendment to Its 2016 Compliance Plan for Recovery by Environmental Surcharge Using Electronic Filing Procedures