Kentucky Public Service Commission Grants Intervention to Mountain Association, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, and Other Groups

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The Kentucky Public Service Commission has granted intervention to the Mountain Association, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Kentucky Solar Energy Society, and the Metropolitan Housing Coalition (MHC) in the Electronic 2024 Joint Integrated Resource Plan of Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company. This decision allows the intervenors to participate fully in the proceeding, including the filing of requests for information, testimony, and responses to requests for information.

The commission found that the intervenors demonstrated they are likely to present issues or develop facts that will assist the Commission in considering this matter without unduly complicating or disrupting the proceedings. The intervenors include organizations with a focus on low-income residential ratepayers, energy efficiency, and conservation.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Kentucky Public Service Commission has granted intervention to the Mountain Association, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Kentucky Solar Energy Society, and the Metropolitan Housing Coalition (MHC) in the Electronic 2024 Joint Integrated Resource Plan of Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company.
  • The intervenors have demonstrated they are likely to present issues or develop facts that will assist the Commission in considering this matter without unduly complicating or disrupting the proceedings.
  • The Mountain Association is a non-profit corporation that works with people in eastern Kentucky and Central Appalachia to create economic opportunity, strengthen democracy, and support the sustainable use of natural resources.
  • Kentuckians for the Commonwealth is a non-profit corporation that has been involved with issues affecting low-income residential ratepayers for over thirty years and has significant experience in educating the public and supporting both public comments and expert testimony in rate cases.
  • Kentucky Solar Energy Society is a non-profit corporation that promotes the use of renewable energy resources, energy efficiency, and conservation in Kentucky through education, advocacy, networking, and demonstration of practical applications.
  • The Metropolitan Housing Coalition (MHC) is a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization that advocates for fair, safe, and affordable housing in the Metro Louisville area and has focused on electric and gas utility costs as an integral component of fair and affordable housing for many years.

Statistics:

  • 4 organizations have been granted intervention by the Kentucky Public Service Commission in the Electronic 2024 Joint Integrated Resource Plan of Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company.
  • The intervenors have demonstrated that they are likely to present issues or develop facts that will assist the Commission in considering this matter without unduly complicating or disrupting the proceedings.
  • 300 individual and organizational members comprise the Metropolitan Housing Coalition (MHC).

Sources:

  • 2024 Joint Integrated Resource Plan of Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company (Case No. 2024-00326)
  • Joint Movants' Motion to Intervene (filed Nov. 8, 2024)
  • Commission's July 22, 2021 Order in Case No. 2020-00085