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Kentucky Public Service Commission Seeks Confidential Protection for LG&E and KU's Information

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The Kentucky Public Service Commission is considering a joint petition from Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company to grant confidential protection for certain information the companies are providing in their responses to supplemental requests for information from the Commission. The companies argue that disclosure of this information would harm their competitive advantage and ultimately affect their customers.

Key Takeaways:

  • The companies are seeking confidential protection for commercially sensitive information related to commodity price expectations, coal bid prices, and energy pricing.
  • Disclosure of this information would disadvantage the companies in negotiating contracts and would ultimately harm their customers who would have to pay higher rates.
  • The Commission has previously granted the companies' requests to protect this information from public disclosure.
  • The companies are also seeking protection for proprietary information and projections obtained from third parties, such as S&P Global and Itron.
  • Unit maintenance schedules are also being sought for confidential protection, as disclosure of this information would unfairly advantage the companies' competitors for wholesale power sales.
  • Potential suppliers would be able to manipulate the price of power bid to the companies to maximize their revenues, causing higher prices for the companies' customers.
  • The Commission is entitled to withhold from public disclosure commercially sensitive information to the extent that open disclosure would permit an unfair commercial advantage to competitors.

Statistics:

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Sources:

  • Commonwealth of Kentucky before the Public Service Commission, In the Matter of: Electronic Application of Kentucky Utilities Company and Louisville Gas and Electric Company for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Site Compatibility Certificates, Case No. 2025-00045
  • Kentucky Revised Statutes, Title 61, Chapter 878
  • Order (Ky. PSC Aug. 17, 2023), Case No. 2022-00402
  • Order (Ky. PSC Aug. 31, 2023), Case No. 2022-00402
  • Order (Ky. PSC Nov. 20, 2023), Case No. 2022-00402
  • Electronic Joint Application of Kentucky Utilities Company and Louisville Gas and Electric Company for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Site Compatibility Certificates and Approval of a Demand Side Management Plan and Approval of Fossil Fuel-Fired Generation Unit Retirements, Case No. 2022-00402, Order (Ky. PSC Aug. 17, 2023)
  • Electronic Application of Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. for an Adjustment to Rider NM Rates and for Tariff Approval, Case No. 2023-00413, Order (Ky. PSC May 17, 2024)

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