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Public Service Commission Orders Louisville Gas and Electric Company to Provide Specific Information

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The Kentucky Public Service Commission has directed Louisville Gas and Electric Company to provide detailed information regarding its local gas delivery service tariff. The commission's order, dated May 14, 2024, requires LG&E to submit various documents and explanations related to the tariff revisions. The company must file the information electronically, in a searchable PDF format, and provide a signed certification of the preparer or supervisor of the response. LG&E must also provide a written explanation for any failure to completely and precisely respond to the requests.

Key Takeaways:

  • The commission's order requires LG&E to provide information on the expected volumetric amount of renewable natural gas (RNG) to be delivered to LG&E from potential customers, including daily and annual basis.
  • The company must explain how the revised total heating value would impact the cost of the delivery service.
  • LG&E is required to provide a map indicating its pipelines and the locations of facilities capable of producing RNG that already have pipelines capable of connecting or are already connected to its existing pipelines.
  • The company must explain whether there is a minimum volume requirement that must be met by local gas suppliers before LG&E will purchase the gas.
  • LG&E's proposed tariff revisions, PSC Gas No. 13, First Revision of Original Sheet No. 36, are subject to revision, and the company must provide explanations for each revision to the gas quality specifications.
  • The revisions include excluding gas delivered by transportation methods other than a pipeline from the definition of local gas.
  • LG&E is required to provide studies or relied upon to arrive at the revised gas quality specifications.

Statistics:

  • The order requires LG&E to submit the requested information by May 30, 2024.
  • The company must file the information electronically in a searchable PDF format.
  • LG&E has 16 days to submit the required information after receiving the commission's order.

Sources:

  • Commonwealth of Kentucky, Public Service Commission, Case No. 2024-00125, Order, dated May 14, 2024.
  • 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8 (requiring filers to file original physical copies of filings).
  • 807 KAR 5:001, Section 4(10) (requiring encryption or redaction of personal information).
  • LG&E's proposed tariff revisions, PSC Gas No. 13, First Revision of Original Sheet No. 36.

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