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Updated May 26, 2026Utility Landscape
Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E)
IOULouisville metro area and surrounding Jefferson, Bullitt, and Oldham counties for gas and electric service
Subsidiary of PPL Corporation; filed a combined rate case with KU in 2024 seeking significant base rate increases driven by generation transition costs and infrastructure investments. KPSC approved a settlement in late 2024 authorizing increased revenues with conditions on coal plant retirement timelines.
Kentucky Utilities Company (KU)
IOUCentral and eastern Kentucky, serving approximately 550,000 electric customers across 77 counties
Also a PPL subsidiary operating jointly with LG&E under coordinated rate proceedings; faces ongoing KPSC scrutiny over integrated resource planning, particularly regarding the pace of coal fleet retirement and replacement resource procurement, including potential gas and solar additions.
Duke Energy Kentucky
IOUNorthern Kentucky counties bordering Cincinnati, including Boone, Kenton, and Campbell counties for electric and gas service
Filed a general rate case in 2024-2025 period seeking recovery of grid modernization and AMI deployment costs; KPSC has scrutinized the company's demand-side management program expenditures and cost allocation methodology between Kentucky and Ohio jurisdictions.
Atmos Energy (Kentucky Division)
IOUNatural gas distribution serving portions of western and central Kentucky, approximately 80,000 customers
Has pursued annual pipeline safety and integrity rider adjustments before the KPSC; regulatory posture is generally collaborative with staff, with recent focus on gas main replacement programs and leak detection investment cost recovery.
Big Sandy Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation
coopEastern Kentucky including Lawrence, Martin, Johnson, and Floyd counties; serves economically distressed Appalachian region
Member of East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) generation and transmission pool; faces economic development pressures tied to coal industry decline and is navigating load growth uncertainties as the region pursues federal economic revitalization funding.
Louisville Water Company
muniLouisville-Jefferson County metro area; largest municipally owned water utility in Kentucky serving approximately 850,000 people
Regulated by KPSC for rate purposes; filed a rate increase request in 2024-2025 period to fund lead service line replacement mandated under EPA's revised Lead and Copper Rule, with KPSC proceedings focused on affordability protections for low-income customers.
Key Issues
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LG&E/KU Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) and coal retirement sequencing: KPSC is scrutinizing PPL subsidiaries' long-term generation transition plans, including the timing of Mill Creek and E.W. Brown coal unit retirements, resource adequacy obligations under MISO, and the cost allocation of replacement capacity between electric ratepayers and shareholders.
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East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) generation transition and wholesale rate stress: EKPC, which supplies power to 16 distribution cooperatives, is managing retirement of coal assets including the Dale and Gilbert units while evaluating solar PPAs and battery storage; KPSC proceedings on EKPC's wholesale rate adjustments have downstream affordability implications for rural co-op members.
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Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) deployment cost recovery: Duke Energy Kentucky and LG&E/KU are in active or recently concluded proceedings seeking rider or base rate recovery for smart meter rollouts; KPSC staff has contested the projected customer benefit timelines and cybersecurity plan adequacy submitted by multiple utilities.
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Lead service line replacement funding and water utility affordability: Louisville Water Company and smaller municipal systems face mandatory lead service line inventorying and replacement under EPA's 2024 Lead and Copper Rule revisions; KPSC proceedings are addressing how replacement costs are allocated, whether low-income assistance riders are adequate, and coordination with federal IIJA funding streams.
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Broadband infrastructure cost recovery by electric cooperatives: Several Kentucky distribution cooperatives are deploying fiber broadband under FCC and USDA grant programs and seeking to recover stranded pole attachment and make-ready costs through KPSC-approved mechanisms, raising contested questions about cross-subsidization between regulated utility and unregulated broadband operations.
Upcoming
Estimated deadline for KPSC staff and intervenor testimony in any pending LG&E/KU compliance filings related to the 2024 rate case settlement conditions, including required quarterly reporting on coal unit retirement readiness and replacement procurement milestones.
Estimated KPSC evidentiary hearing in Duke Energy Kentucky AMI deployment rider proceeding; parties including the Attorney General's Office of Rate Intervention are expected to contest the proposed cost recovery schedule and demand the utility demonstrate net customer benefit within a compressed timeline.
Estimated KPSC order deadline on Louisville Water Company lead service line replacement rate case; commission is expected to rule on the proposed low-income surcharge waiver program and whether federal IIJA grant offsets must reduce the proposed rate base addition before recovery is authorized.
Estimated filing deadline for East Kentucky Power Cooperative's updated IRP submission required by KPSC order following 2025 proceedings; the filing is expected to reflect revised solar and storage procurement assumptions and updated MISO capacity accreditation values for retiring coal units.
Commissioner Watch
View all ↗Barry Mayfield appointmented of the Kentucky Public Service Commission.
Limited public information is available about Angie Hatton's specific regulatory background prior to or concurrent with her appointment as Chair of the Kentucky Public Service Commission.
Limited public information is available about Mary Pat Regan's specific background and the precise year of her appointment to the Kentucky Public Service Commission.
Limited public information is available about Andrew W. Wood's regulatory background and the specific year of his appointment to the Kentucky Public Service Commission.
Staff
57| Name | Title | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Linda C. Bridwell | Executive Director | (502) 782-2560 |
| Justin McNeil | Assistant General Counsel & Executive Advisor | (502) 782-0881 |
| J.E.B. Pinney | Executive Advisor - Attorney | (502) 782-2587 |
| Noah Abner | Public Utilities Financial Analyst | (502) 782-2737 |
| Jeff Abshire | Rates and Tariffs Manager | (765) 277-1714 |
| Taylor Joel Aubrey | Public Utilities Financial Analyst I | (502) 782-5495 |
| Peter Bostrom | Public Utilities Financial Analyst I | (502) 782-2708 |
| Daysia Boyd | Financial Analyst | (502) 782-1673 |
| Brandon S Bruner | Division Director | (502) 871-2592 |
| Nicole Carr | Attorney | (502) 782-3259 |
| Tripp Coston | Director, Financial Analysis | (502) 782-1286 |
| Michael Crum | Staff Attorney | (502) 564-3940 |
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