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Public Service Commission Orders Kentucky Utilities and Louisville Gas and Electric Company to Provide Additional Information on Storm Damages and Regulatory Assets

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The Kentucky Public Service Commission has issued an order requesting Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) and Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) to provide additional information on storm damages and regulatory assets. The order is in response to the companies' electronic application for an order approving the establishment of regulatory assets, which was filed on an unspecified date. The Commission has directed KU and LG&E to provide information on various aspects of their storm response and regulatory assets, including the number of downed wires and broken poles, off-system resources that assisted in restoration efforts, and storm-related costs built into their base rates.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Kentucky Public Service Commission has ordered KU and LG&E to provide additional information on storm damages and regulatory assets, including the number of downed wires and broken poles, off-system resources that assisted in restoration efforts, and storm-related costs built into their base rates.
  • KU and LG&E were instructed to file an electronic version of the requested information, which includes details on the May 2025 Storm, by July 29, 2025.
  • The companies must provide a written explanation for any failure to furnish all or part of the requested information.
  • The requested information must be provided in a format that is searchable and properly bookmarked, with each response including the question to which it is made and the name of the witness responsible for responding.
  • KU and LG&E must make timely amendments to any prior response if they obtain information that indicates the response was incorrect or incomplete when made.
  • The companies must provide separate information for total company operations and jurisdictional operations when applicable.
  • KU and LG&E must encrypt or redact personal information in paper filings in accordance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 4(10).
  • The Commission has referenced the July 22, 2021 Order in Case No. 2020-000851, which stated that filers are not required to file original physical copies of filings made on and after March 16, 2020.

Statistics:

  • KU and LG&E experienced nearly 1,000 reports of wires down and over 200 broken poles during the May 2025 Storm.
  • The companies' actual number of broken poles and downed wires may differ from the amounts reported in their application.
  • Approximately over 200 off-system resources assisted in restoration efforts.
  • The amount of storm-related costs built into KU's base rates is to be provided.
  • The amount of storm-related costs built into LG&E's base rates is to be provided.
  • The amount of storm damage expenses outside of the May 2025 Storm that KU has incurred since January 1, 2025, that have not been deferred is to be provided.
  • The amount of storm damage expenses outside of the May 2025 Storm that LG&E has incurred since January 1, 2025, that have not been deferred is to be provided.

Sources:

  • Commonwealth of Kentucky Before the Public Service Commission, Case No. 2025-00196, Order (July 17, 2025)
  • Case No. 2020-000851, Electronic Emergency Docket Related to the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (Ky. PSC July 22, 2021), Order.

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