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The Kentucky Public Service Commission has issued an order approving a rate adjustment for North Shelby Water Company, effective July 1, 2024. The approved rates reflect an increase in the cost of purchased water from Louisville Water, Shelbyville, and Frankfort. The Commission found that North Shelby Water's three-year
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The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin has issued a public notice regarding the Delafield Municipal Water Utility's application to adjust water rates, marking the first time the utility has filed for a rate adjustment since its last conventional rate case in 1994. The proposed rate decrease would result
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RENEW Wisconsin, Inc., a nonprofit corporation based in Wisconsin, has filed a request with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to intervene in a rate case involving Madison Gas and Electric Company. RENEW Wisconsin contends that the proposed rate increases and new generation and distribution projects will significantly impact its
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The Kentucky Public Service Commission has issued an order in the matter of Electronic Investigation of Pole Attachments (Case No. 2023-00416) on July 8, 2024. The order allows the Kentucky Broadband and Cable Association (KBCA) to file updates to pending applications for pole attachments by July 10, 2024. The Commission
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The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin has issued a regulatory update regarding the Stoughton Water Utility's application to increase water rates. The commission has scheduled a public hearing for May 21, 2025, to discuss the proposed rate increase. The Stoughton Water Utility has filed an application to increase
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The Kentucky Public Service Commission has issued an order regarding the environmental compliance plan of East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. (EKPC) and the recovery of costs associated with employing consultants to assist the Commission in its review. As part of the order, EKPC will reimburse the Commission for the costs
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The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued an order to Kentucky Power Company (KPC) to provide detailed information on several aspects of its energy efficiency programs. The order was issued on June 21, 2024, as part of Case No. 2024-00115. The PSC has requested KPC to provide data and
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The Wisconsin Public Service Commission has denied the Wisconsin Electric Power Company's request for a Certificate of Authority to construct a new liquefied natural gas facility in Oak Creek, citing concerns that the proposed project would primarily benefit the company's affiliate, WEPCO, and not its non-affiliate
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Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) grilled Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a Finance committee hearing, pressing him on various issues, including the need for greater transparency on prescription drug pricing, the national organ transplant system, and the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program. Grassley expressed concerns
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The Kentucky Public Service Commission has granted intervention to three environmental groups in the matter of Duke Energy Kentucky's 2024 Integrated Resource Plan. The groups, Kentucky Solar Energy Society (KYSES), Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (KFTC), and Kentucky Resources Council (KRC), will have full rights of a party in
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More than 60 health and advocacy groups have jointly signed a letter to President Trump, urging him to immediately fire Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. According to the groups, Kennedy has brought "chaos" to the nation's top health agency, undermining Americans'
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In a contentious Senate Finance Committee hearing, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) pressed Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his lack of awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic's impact and the future of community health centers and rural hospitals following massive Medicaid
