Kentucky Public Service Commission Grants Intervention to Environmental Groups

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The Kentucky Public Service Commission has granted intervention to three environmental groups in the matter of Duke Energy Kentucky's 2024 Integrated Resource Plan. The groups, Kentucky Solar Energy Society (KYSES), Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (KFTC), and Kentucky Resources Council (KRC), will have full rights of a party in the proceeding and will be served with all documents and testimony.

Key Takeaways:

  • The three environmental groups, KYSES, KFTC, and KRC, were granted intervention in the matter of Duke Energy Kentucky's 2024 Integrated Resource Plan.
  • The groups demonstrated a special interest in the proceeding and a likelihood of presenting issues or developing facts that will assist the Commission in fully considering the matter.
  • Joint Intervenors have agreed to speak with one voice and participate in the proceeding to develop a fuller and more robust case record.
  • The groups have a deep understanding of social and economic conditions facing communities and residential customers and have previously participated in Commission cases.
  • Joint Intervenors have asserted that their interests are different than those of the existing parties and that their participation is likely to assist the Commission in fully considering the matter without unduly complicating or disrupting the proceedings.
  • The organizations included in the joint motion have adopted internal procedures to assure timely decision-making and coordinated participation with one voice in this case.
  • The Commission has directed Joint Intervenors to the Commission's July 22, 2021 Order in Case No. 2020-00085 regarding filings with the Commission.
  • Joint Intervenors are required to file a written statement with the Commission certifying that they possess facilities to receive electronic transmissions and setting forth the electronic mail address to which all electronic notices and messages related to this proceeding shall be served.
  • Each of the Joint Intervenors is required to file a separate copy with the Commission of their individual agreement regarding their joint participation in this matter within ten days of entering into the agreement.

Statistics:

  • 1,500 KFTC members are residential ratepayers within the Duke Kentucky service territory.
  • 30 years of advocacy for low-income residential ratepayers.
  • 2,000 members of Kentucky Resources Council (KRC) include residential ratepayers within the Duke Kentucky service territory.

Sources:

  • Joint Motion of Kentucky Solar Energy Society and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth for Full Intervention as Joint Intervenors, Filed July 24, 2024, (Case No. 2024-00197).
  • Joint Motion to Intervene at 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
  • 807 KAR 5:001, Section 4.
  • KRS 367.150(8)(b).
  • Case No. 2021-00393, Electronic 2021 Joint Integrated Plan of Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company (Ky. PSC Jan. 11, 2022).
  • Case No. 2022-00098, Electronic 2022 Integrated Resource Plan of East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. (Ky. PSC June 24, 2022).
  • Case No. 2023-00092, Electronic 2022 Integrated Resource Planning Report of Kentucky Power Company (Ky. PSC June 2, 2023).
  • Case No. 2023-00310, Electronic 2023 Integrated Resource Plan of Big Rivers Electric Corporation (Ky. PSC Dec. 8, 2023).
  • Case No. 2020-00085, Electronic Emergency Docket Related to the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (Ky. PSC July 22, 2021), Order.