Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered nunc pro tunc, that: 1. The second sentence in the first paragraph of the Discussion section on page four is stricken and is replaced with the following language: First, Kentucky Power participates in PJM as a fixed resource requirement (FRR) entity. 2. Third sentence in the first paragraph of the Discussion section on page four is stricken and is replaced with the following language: FRR entities are expected to maintain adequate capacity to serve native load plus a reserve margin (as required by PJM), and any surplus can be sold in PJM’s capacity market. 3. All other provisions of the Commission’s June 4, 2021 Order that are not in conflict with the terms of this Order shall remain in effect.

Final Order Entered: 1. Kentucky Power shall file its next IRP no later than December 20, 2022. 2. This case is closed and removed from the Commission’s docket.

Kentucky Power Companys comments on Staffs Report on the 2019 IRP and response to Intervenor comments.

Lerah Scott Kentucky Power Company

20210303_PSC Notice of Filing Hearing Documents.pdf

OAG-KIUC Joint Review of Kentucky Power Companys 2019 IRP

Larry Cook Kentucky Attorney Generals Office

Order Entered: 1. The Staff Report on Kentucky Power’s 2019 IRP represents the final substantive action in this matter. 2. Any party desiring to file comments regarding the Staff Report on Kentucky Power’s 2019 IRP shall do so on or before February 25, 2021. 3. Kentucky Power shall file comments with respect to the Staff Report and in response to Intervenor comments on or before March 8, 2021. 4. An Order closing this case and removing it from the Commission docket shall be issued after the period for comments on the Staff Report has expired.

Kentucky Power Companys response to Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers, Inc.s December 11, 2020 post-hearing data request.

Scott E. Bishop Kentucky Power Company

Kentucky Power Companys filing responses to Staffs December 11, 2020 post-hearing data requests.

Scott E. Bishop Kentucky Power Company

Affidavit of Karl R. Bletzacker

Lerah Scott Kentucky Power Company

Order Entered: 1. Post-hearing data requests, if any, shall be filed on or before December 11, 2020. 2. Responses to post-hearing data requests shall be filed on or before December 22, 2020. 3. Pursuant to 807 KAR 5:058, Section 11(3), Commission Staff shall enter its Staff Report summarizing its review of Kentucky Power’s 2019 Integrated Resource Planning Report and offering suggestions and recommendations to Kentucky Power for subsequent filings into the record of this proceeding on or before February 15, 2021. 4. Any party desiring to file comments regarding Kentucky Power’s 2019 Integrated Resource Planning Report or comments with respect to the Staff Report shall do so on or before February 25, 2021. 5. Kentucky Power shall file comments with respect to the Staff Report and in response to Intervenor comments on or before March 8, 2021.

Data Request

Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers (KIUC) Post-Hearing Data Requests to Kentucky Power Co.

Michael L. Kurtz, Esq. Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers (KIUC)

Mitchell Power Plant notice of intent to comply with site-specific alternative to initiation of closure.

Lerah Scott Kentucky Power Company

Kentucky Power Company filing of proof of publication of hearing notice.

Scott E. Bishop Kentucky Power Company

Witnesses to be presented at December 10, 2020 hearing.

Lerah Scott Kentucky Power Company

Kentucky Power Companys notice of filing of request for publication of notice of hearing.

Scott E. Bishop Kentucky Power Company

Order Entered: Kentucky Power shall file with the Commission a list identifying the witnesses who will offer testimony on behalf of Kentucky Power and the topics each witness will address in this matter by December 4, 2020.

Kentucky Power Company’s response to the Commission’s November 4, 2020 data request.

Lerah Scott Kentucky Power Company

20201104_PSC IC Memo.pdf

Data Request

SREA comment letter re: Kentucky Power Company IRP

Simon Mahan Southern Renewable Energy Association

Order Entered: 1. The procedural schedule in this proceeding is removed from abeyance. 2. Any party desiring to file written comments regarding Kentucky Power’s 2019 Integrated Resource Planning Report shall do so no later than January 5, 2021. 3. Kentucky Power shall file written responses to the comments no later than January 19, 2021.

Order Entered: 1. A hearing in this matter shall be held on Thursday, December 10, 2020, at 9 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, in the Richard Raff Hearing Room (Hearing Room 1) at the offices of the Public Service Commission at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky. 2. Kentucky Power Company (Kentucky Power) 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 statements: "This hearing will be streamed live and may be viewed on the PSC website, psc.ky.gov" and "Public comments may be made at the beginning of the hearing. Those wishing to make oral public comments may do so by following the instructions listed on the PSC website, psc.ky.gov." At the time the notice is mailed or publication is requested, Kentucky Power 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.

Notice of Informal Conference

Kentucky Power Company filing of verified notice of adoption of data request responses and read 1st.

Scott E. Bishop Kentucky Power Company

Kentucky Power Company filing response to Commission Staffs September 24, 2020 data request.

Scott E. Bishop Kentucky Power Company

Data Request

Order Entered: The procedural schedule in this proceeding is held in abeyance.

Order Entered: The hearing scheduled for October 6, 2020, is canceled and will be rescheduled by separate Order.

Notice of Informal Conference

Notice of Informal Conference

Read 1st, Kentucky Power Companys notice of filing of verification of Gregory A. Bell and Verification of Gregory A. Bell.

Lerah Scott Kentucky Power Company

Read 1st and Kentucky Power Companys responses to Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers, Incs June 23, 2020 data requests.

Lerah Scott Kentucky Power Company

Read 1st and Kentucky Power Companys responses to the Attorney Generals June 4, 2020 data requests.

Lerah Scott Kentucky Power Company

Read 1st and Kentucky Power Companys responses to the Commissions June 18, 2020 data requests.

Lerah Scott Kentucky Power Company

Read 1st and Kentucky Power Companys notice of withdrawal of counsel and entry of appearance.

Lerah Scott Kentucky Power Company

Notice of Informal Conference

Order Entered: 1. Kentucky Power's May 21, 2020 petition for confidential protection is granted. 2. The designated materials contained in Kentucky Powers response to Staff's First Request, Item 14, and KIUC's First Request, Item 4, shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for three years, or until further Orders of this Commission. 3. The designated materials contained in Kentucky Power's response to the Attorney General's First Request, Item 2, and KIUC's First Request, Items 11 and 12, shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for five years or until further Orders of this Commission. 4. The designated materials contained in Kentucky Power's response to the Attorney General's First Request, Item 10, shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for ten years, or until further Orders of this Commission. 5. Use of the designated materials in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 6. Kentucky Power shall inform the Commission if the designated materials become publicly available or no longer qualify for confidential treatment.

Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers (KIUC) 2nd Set of Data Requests to Kentucky Power Company

Michael L Kurtz Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers (KIUC)

Data Request

OAGs Supplemental Data Requests

Larry Cook Kentucky Attorney Generals Office

Kentucky Power Companys filing of responses to the Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers, Inc Set of Data Requests.

Scott E. Bishop Kentucky Power Company

Kentucky Power Company filing response to Attorney Generals First Set of Data Requests.

Scott E. Bishop Kentucky Power Company

Kentucky Power Companys filing to Staffs First set of Data Requests and Motion for Confidential Treatment.

Scott E. Bishop Kentucky Power Company

Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers (KIUC) Frist Set of Data Requests to Kentucky Power Company

Michael L Kurtz Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers (KIUC)

Data Request

Order Entered: 1. SREA's motion to intervene is rejected for filing. 2. Within seven days of the date of this Order, SREA shall have an attorney refile the motion to intervene.

Attorney Generals Initial Data Requests

Larry Cook Kentucky Attorney Generals Office

Southern Renewable Energy Association Motion for Intervention

Simon Mahan Southern Renewable Energy Association

The Attorney Generals Notice of Withdrawal and Substitution of Counsel

Justin M. McNeil Office of the Attorney General

Order Entered: 1 . Kentucky Power's motion for confidential protection for the designated material is granted. 2. The designated information 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 material in question in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 4. Kentucky Power shall inform the Commission if the material in question becomes publicly available or no longer qualifies for confidential treatment. 5. If a non-party 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, Kentucky Power 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 Kentucky Power is unable to make such demonstration, the requested material shall be made available for inspection. Otherwise, the Commission shall deny the request for inspection. 6. The Commission shall not make the requested material available for inspection for 30 days following an Order finding that the material no longer qualifies for confidential treatment in order to allow Kentucky Power to seek a remedy afforded by law.

Order Entered: 1. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order shall be followed in this proceeding. 2. a. Responses to requests for information in paper medium shall be appropriately bound, tabbed, and indexed. Electronic documents shall be in portable document format (PDF), shall be searchable and shall be appropriately bookmarked. Each response shall include the name of the witness responsible for responding to 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. A party shall make timely amendment to any prior response if it obtains information that 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.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Kentucky Power's motion to deviate from the notice of publication requirement in 807 KAR 5:058, Section 10, is granted.

Read 1st, Kentucky Power Companys motion for deviation with respect to the time within which to publish the notice required by 807 KAR 5;058, Section 10 and notice of filing of proof of publication; and The January 31, 2020 "Notarized Proof of Publication"

Lerah Scott Kentucky Power Company

Written Statement of Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers (KIUC).

michael l kurtz Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers (KIUC)

Order Entered: 1. The motion of KIUC to intervene is granted. 2. KIUC shall be entitled to the full rights of a party and shall be served with the Commission's Orders and with filed testimony, exhibits, pleadings, correspondence, and all other documents submitted by parties after the date of this Order. 3. KIUC shall comply with all provisions of the Commission's regulations, 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8, related to the service and electronic filing of documents. 4. Pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8(9), within seven days of entry of this Order, KIUC shall file a written statement with the Commission that: a. Certifies that it, or its agent, possesses the facilities to receive electronic transmissions; and b. Sets forth the electronic mail address to which all electronic notices and messages related to this proceeding should be served.

20200129_PSC Letter to Office of Energy Policy.pdf

Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers (KIUC) Motion to Intervene

Michael L. Kurtz, Esq. Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers, Inc. (KIUC)

OAGs Notice of Waiver of Service

Larry Cook Kentucky Attorney GeneralsOffice

Order Entered: 1. The motion of the Attorney General to intervene is granted. 2. The Attorney General shall be entitled to the full rights of a party and shall be served with the Commission's Orders and with filed testimony, exhibits, pleadings, correspondence, and all other documents submitted by parties after the date of this Order. 3. The Attorney General shall comply with all provisions of the Commission's regulations, 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8, related to the service and electronic filing of documents. 4. Pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8(9), within seven days of entry of this Order, the Attorney General shall file a written statement with the Commission that: a. Certifies that it, or its agent, possesses the facilities to receive electronic transmissions; and b. Sets forth the electronic mail address to which all electronic notices and messages related to this proceeding should be served.

Attorney Generals Motion to Intervene

Larry Cook Kentucky Attorney GeneralsOffice

Filing of Kentucky Power Companys Integrated Resource Planning Report as well as a Motion for Confidentiality, Affidavit and a Notice to Intervenors.

Scott E. Bishop Kentucky Power Company

20191211_PSC Acknowledgment Letter.pdf

Kentucky Power Company Notice of Intent to File an Application for 2019 Integrated Resource Planning Report Using Electronic Filing Procedures