Kentucky Public Service Commission


View Case Filings for: 2022-00141


Case Number:2022-00141
Service Type:Electric
Filing Date:6/3/2022
Category:Regular
Utilities:

East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.


Electronic Case
Case Nature:

AN ELECTRONIC EXAMINATION BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SURCHARGE MECHANISM OF EAST KENTUCKY POWER COOPERATIVE, INC. FOR THE SIXTH-MONTH EXPENSE PERIODS ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 2019, MAY 31, 2020, NOVEMBER 30, 2020, AND NOVEMBER 30, 2021, THE TWO-YEAR EXPENSE PERIOD ENDING MAY 31, 2021, AND THE PASS-THROUGH MECHANISM OF ITS SIXTEEN MEMBER DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES









Case Filings
FilingDocuments
5/7/2024 3:43:58 PM

Order Entered: 1. The motion for clarification is granted. 2. Rehearing is granted on the issue of the appropriate rate of return for the period of December 2021 through January 11, 2024. 3. The Commission confirms that no additional tariff filing is required of EKPC at this time. 4. The Commission confirms that the appropriate rate of return beginning on January 11, 2024, is 6.487 percent for all environmental surcharge monthly filings after said date. 5. The remainder of the March 29, 2024 Order not in conflict with this Order remains in effect. 6. The case is closed and removed from the Commission’s docket.


4/18/2024 2:40:19 PM

Motion for Rehearing/Clarification


L. Allyson Honaker East Kentucky Power, Inc.

2022-00141_-_Rehearing_-_ROR_Proposal.xlsx

Excel Spreadsheet ROR Proposal

Read_1st.pdf

Cover Letter

Surcharge_ROR_May_2022.xlsx

Excel Spreadsheet ROR May 2022

Surcharge_ROR_May_2023.xlsx

Excel Spreadsheet ROR May 2023

Surcharge_ROR_November_2022.xlsx

Excel Spreadsheet ROR November 2022

Surcharge_ROR_November_2023.xlsx

Excel Spreadsheet ROR November 2023

3/29/2024 11:07:58 AM

Final Order Entered: 1. EKPC’s request to submit the case for a decision on the existing evidence of record without a hearing is granted. 2. The amounts billed by EKPC through its environmental surcharge for the expense months ending February 28, 2020, August 31, 2020, February 28, 2021, and February 28, 2022; (2) the corresponding six-month reviews of Member Cooperatives’ pass-through mechanism for expense months ending February 28, 2020, August 31, 2020, February 28, 2021, August 31, 2021, and February 28, 2022; (3) the two-year review of EKPC’s environmental surcharge for the expense month ending August 31, 2021; and (4) the corresponding two-year reviews of Member Cooperatives’ pass-through mechanism for the expense month ending August 31, 2021, are approved. 3. EKPC’s requested BESF rate is approved. 4. EKPC’s request to return the total over-recovery of $631,811 to its Member Cooperatives in the first monthly surcharge filing made after the issuance of the final Order in this proceeding is approved. 5. EKPC shall use a rate of return of 4.894 percent in all monthly environmental surcharge filings subsequent to the date of this Order. 6. EKPC’s request to revise Cumberland Valley Electric’s Pass-Through Mechanism Report is granted.


7/31/2023 3:23:33 PM

Motion for Decision


L. Allyson Honaker East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.

Read_1st.pdf

Cover Letter

8/16/2022 9:35:03 AM

Motion to Submit on behalf of EKPC and its sixteen Owner-Members.


Chris Adams East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.

Motion_to_Submit_08-16-22.pdf

Motion to Submit the case for a decision based upon the existing record without the need for a hearing.

7/29/2022 9:34:39 PM

Notice of Substitution of Counsel


L. Allyson Honaker Taylor County RECC

Read_1st.pdf

Cover Letter

7/29/2022 9:16:22 PM

Notice of Substitution of Counsel


L. Allyson Honaker East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.

Read_1st.pdf

Cover Letter

6/24/2022 3:55:18 PM

EKPCs responses to PSCs June 3, 2022 data request.


Chris Adams East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.

DR1_Response_5_-_WAC_of_Debt_11-30-21.xls

DR5 Response - Weighted Average Cost of Debt

DR1_Response_8_-_Member_Surcharge_Allocation.xlsx

DR8 Response - Member Surcharge Allocation

EKPC_Responses_DR1_-_6-24-22_Final.pdf

Scott Testimony and Responses

Ltr_to_Linda_Bridwell_-_220624.pdf

Cover letter dated June 24, 2022.

6/24/2022 3:06:01 PM

Response to First Request for Information - Case No. 2022-00141


Allison Coffey Nolin RECC

Nolin_RECC_Response_Case_No_2022-00141.pdf

Nolin Response Case No. 2022-00141

6/24/2022 2:50:25 PM

Response to Commission Staffs Request for Info Case 2022_00141


Diana Edwards Salt River Electric

Read_First_Cover_Letter_Case_2022_00141.pdf

Read First Cover Letter Case 2022_00141

Salt_River_Electric_Response_Case_2022_00141.pdf

Salt River Electric Response Case 2022_00141

Schedule_A_pg_2_of_3.xlsx

Schedule A Page 2 of 3

Schedule_A_pg_3_of_3.xlsx

Schedule A Page 3 of 3

Schedule_A_pg1.xlsx

Schedule A Page 1 of 3

6/24/2022 2:16:03 PM

Responses__2022-00141


Travis Stacy LICKING VALLEY RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION

Responses_2022-00141--6-24-2022.pdf

Licking_Valley_RECC_Responses_2022-00141

Signed_Cover_Letter_6-24-2022.pdf

Licking_Valley_RECC_Cover_Letter 2022-00141

6/24/2022 11:36:27 AM

Response to First Request for Information in Case No. 2022-00141


Farrah Coleman Inter-County Energy

ICE_Responses__Appendix_B_CaseNo2022-00141.pdf

Response to First Request for Information

6/24/2022 10:47:54 AM

Response to First Request for Information 2022-00141


Jennifer L. McRoberts Fleming-Mason Energy

fme-response-2022-00141.pdf

Verification & Response

6/24/2022 10:21:49 AM

Owen Electrics Response to First Request for Information in Case No. 2022-00141


Shannon Chappell Owen Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Owen_Electric_Certificate_2022-00141.pdf

Case No. 2022-00141 Certificate

Read_1st_Owen_Electric_062422.pdf

Case No. 2022-00141 Cover Letter

6/24/2022 9:26:12 AM

Response to Commission Staffs First Request for Information in Case 2022-00141.


Bradley Cherry

6/24/2022 8:28:00 AM

Order Entered nunc pro tunc, that: 1. The case style is amended to read: An Electronic Examination by the Public Service Commission of the Environmental Surcharge Mechanism of East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. for the Sixth-Month Expense Periods Ending November 30, 2019, May 31, 2020, November 30, 2020, and November 30, 2021, the Two-Year Expense Period Ending May 31, 2021, and the Pass-Through Mechanism of Its Sixteen Member Distribution Cooperatives


6/24/2022 8:07:05 AM

Response to First Request for Information


Michael Moriarty Shelby Energy Cooperative, Inc.

SEC_Response_and_Certification.pdf

Response and certificate

6/24/2022 7:49:15 AM

Response to Commission Staffs First Request for Information in Case 2022-00141.


Robert Tolliver Cumberland Valley Electric

6/23/2022 5:03:47 PM

Response to request for information.


Billy OBrian Frasure Clark Energy Cooperative

6/23/2022 3:32:24 PM

Case No. 2022-00141 - Jackson Energy Cover Letter and Response


April Renner Jackson Energy Cooperative Corporation

6/23/2022 3:27:05 PM

Response to First Request for Information


Lauren Logan Blue Grass Energy Cooperative Corporation

6/23/2022 2:50:10 PM

Corrected_2022-00141-Big_Sandy_RECC_Response


Robin Slone Big Sandy RECC

6/23/2022 2:48:13 PM

Response to Staffs First Request for Information


Jennie Gibson Phelps Farmers Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation

6/23/2022 1:49:44 PM

Case No. 2022-00141 South KY RECC Cover Letter and Response


Aaron Baldwin South Kentucky RECC

Case_No_2022-00141_South_KY_RECC_Certificate__Response_2_7_8.pdf

Case No. 2022-00141 SKRECC Certificate and Response

Cover_Letter_Case_No_2022-00141_06.23.2022.pdf

Case No. 2022-00141 SKRECC Cover Letter

6/23/2022 11:33:36 AM

Responses to Appendix B First Request


Patsy Walters Taylor County Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation

Cover_Letter.pdf

Cover Letter

Responses.pdf

Responses

Verification.pdf

Verification

6/23/2022 10:08:54 AM

2022-00141 BIg_Sandy_RECC_Response


Robin Slone Big Sandy RECC

2022-00141_Big_Sandy_RECC_Certificate.pdf

2022-00141 Big Sandy RECC Certificate

2022-00141_Big_Sandy_RECC_Response.pdf

2022-00141 Big Sandy RECC Response

6/23/2022 9:51:05 AM

Big Sandy Response Case 2022-00141


Robin Slone Big Sandy RECC

Cover_Letter_2022-00141_Big_Sandy_RECC.pdf

Cover_Letter_2022-00141_Big_Sandy_RECC

6/10/2022 3:53:18 PM

Nolin RECC Written Statement


Allison Coffey Nolin RECC

Nolin_RECC_Cover_Letter_Read_First.pdf

Nolin RECC Cover Letter Read First

6/10/2022 1:41:34 PM

Entry of Appearance and Statement Regarding Electronic Procedures


L. Allyson Honaker Taylor County RECC

Notice_of_Entry_of_Appearance_-_220610.pdf

Notice of Entry of Appearance and Statement Regarding Electronic Procedures

6/9/2022 6:36:19 PM

Written Statement


Robin Slone Big Sandy RECC

Written_Statement_2022-00141_sw.pdf

Written_Statement_Big Sandy RECC

6/9/2022 6:34:56 PM

Written Statement


Robin Slone Big Sandy RECC

Cover_Letter_2022-00141_sw.pdf

Cover_Letter_Big Sandy RECC

6/9/2022 4:53:48 PM

South Kentucky Written Statement


Aaron Baldwin South Kentucky RECC

South_KY_RECC_Cover_Letter_Case_No._2022-00141.pdf

South Kentucky RECC Cover Letter Case No. 2022-00141

South_KY_RECC_Written_Statement_Case_No._2022-00141.pdf

South Kentucky RECC Written Statement Case No. 2022-00141

6/9/2022 1:05:52 PM

Written Statement


Billy OBrian Frasure Clark Energy Cooperative

6/9/2022 1:01:46 PM

Salt River Electric Written Statement Case No 2022_00141


Diana Edwards Salt River Electric

Read_First_Cover_Letter_Case_2022_00141.pdf

Salt River Electric Cover Letter Case 2022_00141

Salt_River_Electric_Written_Statement_Case_2022_00141.pdf

Salt River Electric Written Statement Case 2022_00141

6/9/2022 12:00:27 PM

Written Statement


Derrick Willis Grayson Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation

GRECC_Written_Statement_June_3rd_Order.pdf

Grayson RECC's Written Statement

6/9/2022 11:52:53 AM

Notice of Entry of Appearance and Statement on Electronic Filing Procedures


L. Allyson Honaker East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.

Entry_of_Appearance_and_Statement_re_Electronic_Procedures.pdf

Entry of Appearance and Statement re Electronic Procedures

6/9/2022 11:49:22 AM

WRITTEN STATEMENT CASE NO. 2022-00141


Travis Stacy LICKING VALLEY RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION

Signed_Cover_Letter.pdf

Read First-Signed Cover Letter

6/9/2022 10:31:50 AM

Written Statement of Shelby Energy Cooperative, Inc.


Michael Moriarty Shelby Energy Cooperative, Inc.

6/9/2022 10:10:49 AM

Written Statement of Fleming-Mason Energy


Earl Rogers III Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative, Inc.

Read_1st_ltr_6-9-22.pdf

Read 1st Letter of Fleming-Mason Energy

6/8/2022 4:35:53 PM

Response in Case 2022-00141 requesting written statement on electronic transmissions.


Robert Tolliver Cumberland Valley Electric

6/8/2022 2:59:09 PM

Written Statement of Jackson Energy Cooperative Corporation


April Renner Jackson Energy Cooperative Corporation

6/8/2022 1:18:25 PM

Written Statement of Inter-County Energy


Farrah Coleman Inter-County Energy

6/8/2022 12:14:20 PM

Attachments are pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8(9).


Jennie Gibson Phelps Farmers Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation

6/7/2022 3:38:07 PM

Acceptance of Electronic Service


Charles G. Williamson III Blue Grass Energy Cooperative Corporation

6/7/2022 10:12:08 AM

Written Statement of Owen Electric Cooperative


Shannon Chappell Owen Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Owen_Electric_Written_Statement_2022-00141.pdf

Written Statement in Case 2022-00141

Read_1st_Owen_Electric_060722.pdf

Cover Letter dated June 7, 2022

6/3/2022 2:07:06 PM

Order Entered: 1. The procedural schedule set forth in Appendix A to this Order shall be followed. 2. EKPC and each of its Member Cooperatives listed in footnote 2 shall be parties to this case. 3. On or before the date set forth in the procedural schedule, EKPC and each of its Member Cooperatives shall file its responses to the Commission Staff’s First Request for Information, attached to this Order as Appendix B.