Kentucky Public Service Commission Grants Motion to Deviate from Filing Requirements

The Kentucky Public Service Commission has granted a motion to deviate from filing requirements in a case involving LG&E/KU, a utility company. The Commission allowed the company to submit a large Excel file that exceeded the 50 MB per file e-filing limit. The file was submitted in response to a request for information from intervenors. The Commission found that LG&E/KU had established good cause to deviate from the filing requirements and instructed the company to provide a physical copy of the file to the Commission and all intervening parties.

Key Takeaways:

• The Kentucky Public Service Commission granted a motion to deviate from filing requirements in a case involving LG&E/KU.
• The company was allowed to submit a large Excel file that exceeded the 50 MB per file e-filing limit.
• The file was submitted in response to a request for information from intervenors, including the Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Kentucky Solar Energy Society, Metropolitan Housing Coalition, and Mountain Association.
• The Commission found that LG&E/KU had established good cause to deviate from the filing requirements.
• The company was instructed to provide a physical copy of the file to the Commission and all intervening parties.
• The Commission recommends that parties contact the Commission's Filings Branch for assistance with electronic filing concerns.
• The case is Case No. 2025-00045.

Statistics:

• 50 MB per file e-filing limit for the Commission's electronic filing system.
• 1 large Excel file submitted by LG&E/KU that exceeded the 50 MB limit.
• 1 physical copy of the file to be provided by LG&E/KU to the Commission.
• 1 physical copy of the file to be provided by LG&E/KU to all intervening parties.

Sources:

• Commission Order, Case No. 2025-00045.
• 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8.
• Kentucky Revised Statutes, KRS 278.100.
• Commission Orders, Case No. 2020-000851, Case No. 2022-00311, and Case No. 2024-00326.