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Kentucky Public Service Commission Suspends Big Sandy RECC's Proposed Rate Adjustment

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The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued an order suspending the proposed rate adjustment by Big Sandy Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation (Big Sandy RECC) until January 31, 2026. The rate adjustment was filed on August 1, 2025, and aimed to pass through any wholesale rate adjustment granted to its wholesale supplier, East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. (EKPC). However, the PSC has suspended the effective date of EKPC's proposed rates, citing a procedural schedule to review the reasonableness of the proposed rates.

Key Takeaways:

  • The PSC has suspended the proposed rate adjustment by Big Sandy RECC until January 31, 2026.
  • The rate adjustment was filed on August 1, 2025, and aimed to pass through any wholesale rate adjustment granted to its wholesale supplier, East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. (EKPC).
  • The PSC has established a procedural schedule to review the reasonableness of the proposed rates, which includes deadlines for intervention requests, initial requests for information, and responses to such requests.
  • The procedural schedule is attached as an appendix to the order and includes specific deadlines and requirements for parties involved in the proceeding.
  • The PSC has emphasized the importance of complying with the procedural schedule and has warned against motions for continuance, substitutions of witnesses, and excuses of witnesses from testifying at Commission hearings.
  • The order has been issued by the PSC on August 18, 2025, and is specific to Case No. 2025-00222.

Statistics:

  • The proposed rate adjustment by Big Sandy RECC was filed on August 1, 2025.
  • The PSC has suspended the effective date of EKPC's proposed rates until January 31, 2026
  • The procedural schedule includes the following deadlines:

* Intervention requests: September 4, 2025

* Initial requests for information: September 11, 2025

* Responses to initial requests for information: September 22, 2025

* Supplemental requests for information: October 6, 2025

* Responses to supplemental requests for information: October 17, 2025

* Intervenor testimony: October 30, 2025

* Requests for information to intervenors: November 14, 2025

* Responses to requests for information from intervenors: December 1, 2025

* Rebuttal testimony: December 9, 2025

* Last day for parties to request a public hearing or submit a request for the matter to be decided based on the written record: December 15, 2025

Sources:

  • Commonwealth of Kentucky Before the Public Service Commission, Case No. 2025-00222
  • Order entered August 14, 2025, in Case No. 2025-00208
  • 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8
  • 807 KAR 5:001, Section 9(2)
  • 807 KAR 5:001, Section 2
  • KRS 278.360
  • KRS 278.190(2)
  • KRS 278.180(1)
  • KRS 278.455(2)

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